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Business Law Vocab - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed
operation of law
Tortious interference with a contract
negligent hiring
counter offer
2. Type of intentional tort; the intentional touching of an individual in a way that is unwarranted or offensive
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
Defamation
The job of the Rules Committee
battery
3. System of checks and balances within the federal government
Qualifications for defamation
implied contract
Separation of powers
Common Law
4. A less serious crime often punishable by less than one year in prison
Holding
misdemeanor
Federalism
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
5. They set time limits for debate - decide how fast the law should be deliberated and when the bill goes to the floor for debate.
Statute
larceny
The job of the Rules Committee
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
6. Fraud using electronic communications of any kind;
Wire Fraud
Common Law
agreement
Fraud
7. Refers to lawsuits; the process of filing claims to courts
Mediation
slander
Litigation
Fraud
8. There is no intention to a contract but the plaintiff gives some benefit to the defendant who knows the plaintiff expects compensation. it would be unjust not to award the damages.
crime burden of proof
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
quasi contract
attractive nuisance
9. John Roberts
John Locke
Takings clause
Current Chief Justice
letters of intent
10. Nine.
implied contract
Minimal scrutiny
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
conversion
11. Type of intent to be proved; means a guilty state of mind
licensee
Appellee
mens rea
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
12. When the bill is debated to the floor of the house.
Takings clause
Administrative Law
embezzlement
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
13. Type of intentional tort; the intentional restraint of another without reasonable cause
false imprisonment
third requirement of a contract
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
14. Type of business crime; the trespassing taking of personal property with intent to steal it. defendant never had the right to have said property in posession
larceny
promissory estoppel
operation of law
Mediation
15. Forbidding a law to be passed
expiration
lible
Veto
rejection
16. Unintentional tort - breach of a duty of care
Strict scrutiny
negligent retention
Negligence
Wire Fraud
17. Pretrial motions; motions for a summary judgement; asks the court to resolve a lawsuit before it goes to trial
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
Step three in filing a civil law suit
letters of intent
operation of law
18. If the plaintiff is even slightly negligent he/she recovers nothing
Defamation
revocation
Contributory Negligence
regulation of interstate commerce
19. If a company does not address an insubordinate employee - they become liable
negligent retention
felony
eighth amendment
fourth amendment
20. Complaint and summons are served to defendant; answer is provided within 30 days
Supremacy clause
fourth requirement of a contract
Step one in filing a civil law suit
Assumption of the risk
21. A power granted to congress stating that congress may regulate trade between countries - other states and indian tribes
RICO
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
Insurance Fraud
regulation of interstate commerce
22. Malicious use of fire or explosives to damage or destroy real estate or property
What Freedom of speech includes
first amendment
Bill
Arson
23. The defendant (defamer) knew the statement was false or acted with reckless disregard to the truth
Mediation
Negligence
Concurring Opinion
Malice
24. Due process or the right to a hearing
For a bill to pass...
fifth amendment
first requirement of a contract
Insurance Fraud
25. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
licensee
forseeable harm
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
26. A subtype of rejection
counter offer
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
Separation of powers
conversion(2)
27. During the option period of a contract
you cannot revoke an offer...
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Negligence
insanity
28. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.
Takings clause
Veto
operation of law
Minimal scrutiny
29. An offered can be terminated anytime before the offer has been accepted.
fourth amendment
Fraud
Veto
revocation
30. (1)misrepresentation (2)concealment with the intent to take advantage of someone; deception of a person for the purpose of obtaining money or property
strict liability
Pleadings
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Fraud
31. Binding; an offeror cannot withdraw
Mail box rule
Malice
you cannot revoke an offer...
Arbitration
32. Bottom Line answer
Step four in filing a civil law suit
negligent hiring
invitee
Holding
33. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature
Wire Fraud
rejection
Bill
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
34. Baron Montesquieu
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Step two in filing a civil law suit
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
35. To the president.
Litigation
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Stare Decisis
Depositions
36. Common law rule; acceptance must be made on the same terms as the offer
Conference committee
Wire Fraud
mirror image rule
The primary drafter of the constitution
37. There was a breach of due care
uniform commercial code
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Assumption of the risk
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
38. 2/3 vote
Insurance Fraud
Substantial effect rule
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Separation of powers
39. James Madison - 1789
licensee
operation of law
The primary drafter of the constitution
battery
40. To a committee to be studied; and then debated and voted upon; this is where new amendments can be added.
Depositions
implied contract
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Step two in filing a civil law suit
41. Type of tort; taking someone elses property without consent.
insanity
conversion
intentional tort
tort
42. Three.
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Collective Responsibility
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
uniform commercial code
43. Type of intentional tort (and crime); injuring someone by deliberate deception
Bill
Wire Fraud
Fraud
intrusion
44. Collected taxes and helped keep the peace in tenth century England. Equivalent to a modern day Sheriff.
third requirement of a contract
Shire Reeves
Rationale
Mail box rule
45. Laws involving economic and social regulation; laws that regard economic or social status are presumed valid and corporations and people can be classified
For a bill to pass...
Procedural due process
Minimal scrutiny
Rationale
46. The facts imply that the defendants negligence caused the act; 'the thing speaks for itself'
Procedural due process
fourth amendment
Res ipsa loquitor
first amendment
47. A defendant breaches his duty of due care by failing to behave the way a reasonable person would under similar circumstances
The percentage vote to pass a bill
Veto
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
breach of duty
48. Article I - Section 8
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49. Termination by simply turning down the offer
rejection
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Assumption of the risk
Rationale
50. The process of one party's lawyer to question the other party or a potential witness under oath.
Depositions
Intermediate scrutiny
Bystander's obligation means...
Step four in filing a civil law suit