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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. Type of business crime; taking or using someones property
eighth amendment
Defamation
negligent retention
conversion(2)
2. (1)misrepresentation (2)concealment with the intent to take advantage of someone; deception of a person for the purpose of obtaining money or property
lible
Negligence and strict liability
Fraud
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
3. A document filed by the losing party requesting the federal court to appeal a case.
Writ of Certiorari
slander
Appellant
Mail Fraud
4. Type of tort; taking someone elses property without consent.
Common Law
conversion
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
For a bill to pass...
5. You have no duty to assist someone in peril unless you created the danger
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6. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.
Concurring Opinion
Rationale
Citation
Request of production of documents and things
7. A party may ask the court to order an examination to find out if physical or mental damage is relevant
coercion
Physical and Mental examination
Current Chief Justice
Administrative Law
8. Fraud using electronic communications of any kind;
strict liability
Holding
Wire Fraud
Statute
9. If the plaintiff is even slightly negligent he/she recovers nothing
precedent
Filibuster
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Contributory Negligence
10. Using two or more racketeering acts to accomplish any of the following goals: (1) investing or acquiring legitimate businesses with criminal money (2)maintaining or acquiring businesses through criminal activity
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
RICO
Res ipsa loquitor
regulation of interstate commerce
11. The floor/leadership - where it is debated upon with no time limit.
larceny
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
precedent
12. The defendant (defamer) knew the statement was false or acted with reckless disregard to the truth
Two types of dispute resolution
Malice
Res ipsa loquitor
Common Law
13. Forbidding a law to be passed
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Veto
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Where the bill goes after conference committee
14. Sandra Day Oconnor
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
First Woman Justice
Substantial effect rule
15. Arbitration and Mediation
Two types of dispute resolution
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
What is not protected under the first amendment
16. 1250
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17. Malicious use of fire or explosives to damage or destroy real estate or property
Commercial Exploitation
Arson
Veto
Assumption of the risk
18. During the option period of a contract
you cannot revoke an offer...
fourth amendment
Federal District Court
Patriot Act
19. Type of defamation tort; written defamation
Intermediate scrutiny
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
lible
Insurance Fraud
20. Each side may ask the other side to produce relevant documents for inspection and copying.
fourth amendment
Request of production of documents and things
counter offer
first requirement of a contract
21. A law passed by a legislative body
Statute
insanity
The primary drafter of the constitution
Veto
22. They set time limits for debate - decide how fast the law should be deliberated and when the bill goes to the floor for debate.
To prove injury the defamation must show...
The job of the Rules Committee
Writ of Certiorari
Bill of Right
23. Using false statements or bribes to obtain medicare payments from the federal or state government
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Medicare fraud
Res ipsa loquitor
conversion
24. Article I - Section 8
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25. Any scheme that attempts to unlawfully obtain money or services illegally through the US postal service
Legal Issue Presented
first amendment
Mail Fraud
implied contract
26. Nine.
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Filibuster
third requirement of a contract
attractive nuisance
27. To the conference committee
express contract
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
trespass
28. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger
third requirement of a contract
What is not protected under the first amendment
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Takings clause
29. To a committee to be studied; and then debated and voted upon; this is where new amendments can be added.
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
intrusion
regulation of interstate commerce
Step three in filing a civil law suit
30. Establishes the idea precendent
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31. Trial Court
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Equal Protection Clause
Federal District Court
insanity
32. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.
Commercial Exploitation
Takings clause
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
negligent hiring
33. A defendant engaging in an ultrahazardous activity is virtually always liable for any harm that results
strict liability
Henry DeBracton
Two types of dispute resolution
Step one in filing a civil law suit
34. (1)statement (2)falseness (3)communicated (4)injury
Defamation
Federalism
Qualifications for defamation
mirror image rule
35. Common law rule; acceptance must be made on the same terms as the offer
mirror image rule
entrapment
battery
The job of the Rules Committee
36. Items such as trampolines and swimming pools; defendant is liable if there is no protection
Request of production of documents and things
uniform commercial code
attractive nuisance
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
37. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
fifth amendment
Mail Fraud
Citation
38. 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
Appellant
quasi contract
For a bill to pass...
larceny
39. System of checks and balances within the federal government
expiration
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Separation of powers
40. The party opposing the appeal
Substantial effect rule
mirror image rule
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Appellee
41. Gender related; such laws must be substantially related to important government objectives. (gov't cant discriminate based on gender through the law making process)
Intermediate scrutiny
Holding
invitee
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
42. Binding; an offeror cannot withdraw
Appellant
mens rea
Collective Responsibility
Mail box rule
43. Talking trash
The percentage vote to pass a bill
Defamation
Litigation
Common Law
44. Business tort; defendant improperly breached contract and causes injury to plaintiff
eighth amendment
Tortious interference with a contract
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
revocation
45. Capacity; the parties must be adults and mentally competent
Bill of Right
fourth requirement of a contract
Equal Protection Clause
express contract
46. Consists of two members of the House of Representatives and two members of the senate; they try to compromise between two edited versions of a bill to make it equal.
promissory estoppel
Concurring Opinion
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
Conference committee
47. Action - print and other expression. Broader than the spoken word
What Freedom of speech includes
Filibuster
First Woman Justice
rejection
48. Right to an attorney when facing a prison sentence
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
sixth amendment
Appellant
Comparative Fault
49. Due process or the right to a hearing
fifth amendment
Statute
Intermediate scrutiny
expiration
50. States who is suing who. Identifies parties.
Tortious interference with a contract
Style of a Case
Incorporation clause
precedent