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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. Refers to lawsuits; the process of filing claims to courts
Total circuits in the court of appeals
Litigation
Intermediate scrutiny
Legal Issue Presented
2. Fraud using electronic communications of any kind;
Appellant
tort
Wire Fraud
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
3. Majority
felony
Conference committee
Where the bill goes after conference committee
The percentage vote to pass a bill
4. Action - print and other expression. Broader than the spoken word
For a bill to pass...
slander
Pocket Veto
What Freedom of speech includes
5. Each side may ask the other side to produce relevant documents for inspection and copying.
Filibuster
Request of production of documents and things
The percentage vote to pass a bill
counter offer
6. If the plaintiff is even slightly negligent he/she recovers nothing
Malice
Contributory Negligence
Negligence
Holding
7. Trial.
breach of duty
Mail box rule
Step four in filing a civil law suit
intrusion
8. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation
tort
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
precedent
slander
9. An act of a senate member to delay the close of debate or force a decision to be made.
Step two in filing a civil law suit
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Filibuster
coercion
10. A federal statute that applies to the sale of goods (NOT real estate or services)
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
uniform commercial code
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
11. Type of intentional tort; the intentional restraint of another without reasonable cause
Strict scrutiny
Step two in filing a civil law suit
first requirement of a contract
false imprisonment
12. An offered can be terminated anytime before the offer has been accepted.
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Insurance Fraud
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
revocation
13. Harm caused by a deliberate action
strict liability
express contract
Voir Dire
intentional tort
14. A defendant breaches his duty of due care by failing to behave the way a reasonable person would under similar circumstances
Contributory Negligence
breach of duty
Federal District Court
trespass
15. A person who is on your property with your permission; you owe them a higher duty of due care to warn of known dangers
Mail box rule
rejection
First Woman Justice
licensee
16. Common law rule; acceptance must be made on the same terms as the offer
second requirement of a contract
Separation of powers
mirror image rule
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
17. Type of intent to be proved; means the guilty act
Voir Dire
counter offer
Filibuster
actus reus
18. A subtype of rejection
Strict scrutiny
counter offer
Stare Decisis
attractive nuisance
19. A less serious crime often punishable by less than one year in prison
Substantial effect rule
Who regulates commercial speech
misdemeanor
Current Chief Justice
20. States who is suing who. Identifies parties.
Intermediate scrutiny
Style of a Case
Pocket Veto
Writ of Certiorari
21. Someone on the property by right of a public place. highest duty of due care is owed to avoid negligence
Concurring Opinion
uniform commercial code
Substantial effect rule
invitee
22. Due process or the right to a hearing
negligent retention
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
fifth amendment
Pocket Veto
23. The rules committee where it is put on a calendar.
Supremacy clause
Step one in filing a civil law suit
Comparative Fault
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
24. A company becomes liable if they do not perform a background check
negligent hiring
Wire Fraud
you cannot revoke an offer...
Res ipsa loquitor
25. The legal question that is posed in a case
implied contract
Legal Issue Presented
Veto
Holding
26. United States is a party; the case is about a federal statute; the suit is between citizens of two different states and the the amt is over 75 -000
operation of law
Wire Fraud
eighth amendment
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
27. The facts imply that the defendants negligence caused the act; 'the thing speaks for itself'
Minimal scrutiny
Res ipsa loquitor
Request of production of documents and things
regulation of interstate commerce
28. (1)misrepresentation (2)concealment with the intent to take advantage of someone; deception of a person for the purpose of obtaining money or property
Fraud
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Takings clause
Arbitration
29. Judges are obligated to follow precedent
battery
Mail box rule
licensee
Stare Decisis
30. Three.
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Statute
felony
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
31. Requires a meeting of the minds
Procedural due process
agreement
Bystander's obligation means...
Medicare fraud
32. Gender related; such laws must be substantially related to important government objectives. (gov't cant discriminate based on gender through the law making process)
intrusion
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
fourth requirement of a contract
Intermediate scrutiny
33. Items such as trampolines and swimming pools; defendant is liable if there is no protection
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
attractive nuisance
Strict scrutiny
conversion
34. Aricle IV section 2 of the constitution that states that the constitution and the united States are the laws of the land. Federal government trumps state law
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
assault
Physical and Mental examination
Supremacy clause
35. Written questions that the opposing party must answer in writing under oath
Filibuster
intentional tort
Interrogatories
agreement
36. Pretrial motions; motions for a summary judgement; asks the court to resolve a lawsuit before it goes to trial
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Common Law
third requirement of a contract
Rationale
37. Race - ethincity and fundamental rights; Any government action that intentionally discriminates against racial or ethnic minorities or interferes with a fundamental right is presumed invalid.
Takings clause
Res ipsa loquitor
Strict scrutiny
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
38. Collected taxes and helped keep the peace in tenth century England. Equivalent to a modern day Sheriff.
third requirement of a contract
quasi contract
Shire Reeves
Step two in filing a civil law suit
39. Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
crime burden of proof
Insurance Fraud
Negligence
Equal Protection Clause
40. Laws involving economic and social regulation; laws that regard economic or social status are presumed valid and corporations and people can be classified
Bystander's obligation means...
Minimal scrutiny
assault
Negligence per se
41. Business tort; defendant improperly breached contract and causes injury to plaintiff
Takings clause
Step two in filing a civil law suit
Tortious interference with a contract
third requirement of a contract
42. Unintentional tort - breach of a duty of care
conversion
conversion(2)
Negligence
Appellee
43. To the president.
Procedural due process
quasi contract
Insurance Fraud
Where the bill goes after conference committee
44. Cruel and unusual punishment
insanity
eighth amendment
implied contract
Negligence per se
45. The documents that begin a lawsuit: consists of the complaint - answer and sometimes a reply
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Pleadings
Two types of dispute resolution
Shire Reeves
46. Business tort; using someones likeness or voice without their permission.
Medicare fraud
Holding
conversion(2)
Commercial Exploitation
47. Type of intentional tort (and crime); injuring someone by deliberate deception
What is not protected under the first amendment
Fraud
Henry DeBracton
Mail box rule
48. Type of intentnional tort; intentionally entering land that belongs to someone else or remaining on land after being asked to leave
trespass
misdemeanor
Substantial effect rule
second requirement of a contract
49. No unreasonable searches or seizures
Common Law
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
fourth amendment
Current Chief Justice
50. A party may ask the court to order an examination to find out if physical or mental damage is relevant
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Physical and Mental examination
Shire Reeves
Dicta