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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. Type of intent to be proved; means a guilty state of mind
negligent hiring
mens rea
John Locke
promissory estoppel
2. Binding; an offeror cannot withdraw
Mail box rule
Step one in filing a civil law suit
Administrative Law
Citation
3. 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.
quasi contract
felony
Medicare fraud
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
4. Agreement (offer and acceptance)
Equal Protection Clause
Statute
First African American Justice
first requirement of a contract
5. 2/3 vote
mens rea
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Writ of Certiorari
revocation
6. Twelve.
The primary drafter of the constitution
quasi contract
Voir Dire
Total circuits in the court of appeals
7. The process of one party's lawyer to question the other party or a potential witness under oath.
Holding
Fraud
Depositions
conversion
8. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed
operation of law
uniform commercial code
assault
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
9. FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
Who regulates commercial speech
Malice
negligent hiring
Concurring Opinion
10. Unintentional tort - breach of a duty of care
misdemeanor
Assumption of the risk
Negligence
Incorporation clause
11. They set time limits for debate - decide how fast the law should be deliberated and when the bill goes to the floor for debate.
coercion
Wire Fraud
larceny
The job of the Rules Committee
12. Trial.
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Voir Dire
Negligence and strict liability
Current Chief Justice
13. Business tort; intrusion in to someones private life; being a voyeur
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
The percentage vote to pass a bill
intrusion
Common Law
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
tort
Writ of Certiorari
Res ipsa loquitor
larceny
15. The floor/leadership - where it is debated upon with no time limit.
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
Patriot Act
Procedural due process
16. There is an established duty of due care
Mail box rule
Henry DeBracton
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Step three in filing a civil law suit
17. The party opposing the appeal
Federal District Court
eighth amendment
Appellee
Defamation
18. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)
Statute
Substantial effect rule
Current Chief Justice
Negligence per se
19. 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
Litigation
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
RICO
Bill
20. The study of how people ought to act; does not always mean legal.
Bystander's obligation means...
Ethics
Common Law
Negligence and strict liability
21. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation
tort
slander
mens rea
Collective Responsibility
22. You have no duty to assist someone in peril unless you created the danger
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23. Procedures for academic dismissal or dismissal from a government job
Procedural due process
intrusion
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
24. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.
Procedural due process
fifth amendment
Takings clause
assault
25. (1)statement (2)falseness (3)communicated (4)injury
The primary drafter of the constitution
Qualifications for defamation
Rationale
third requirement of a contract
26. Punishable by a prison sentence of one year or more
The job of the Rules Committee
rejection
Appellee
felony
27. A contract put in writing laying out all of the terms
Holding
invitee
Total circuits in the court of appeals
express contract
28. Harm caused by a deliberate action
intentional tort
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Current Chief Justice
actus reus
29. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.
Minimal scrutiny
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
letters of intent
forseeable harm
30. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible
implied contract
Equal Protection Clause
assault
Comparative Fault
31. The sharing of powers between levels of government
Federalism
regulation of interstate commerce
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
Physical and Mental examination
32. Cruel and unusual punishment
eighth amendment
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Qualifications for defamation
33. A defendant engaging in an ultrahazardous activity is virtually always liable for any harm that results
strict liability
Appellant
The percentage vote to pass a bill
Citation
34. A defendant breaches his duty of due care by failing to behave the way a reasonable person would under similar circumstances
breach of duty
slander
What Freedom of speech includes
Appellant
35. Sponsor.
Equal Protection Clause
Separation of powers
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
Conference committee
36. Judge made law
mens rea
sixth amendment
Common Law
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
37. 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.
Strict scrutiny
Bill
Conference committee
you cannot revoke an offer...
38. Complaint and summons are served to defendant; answer is provided within 30 days
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
Step one in filing a civil law suit
second requirement of a contract
39. A party may ask the court to order an examination to find out if physical or mental damage is relevant
tort
Depositions
Administrative Law
Physical and Mental examination
40. States who is suing who. Identifies parties.
negligent hiring
Assumption of the risk
Style of a Case
Appellee
41. Using false statements or bribes to obtain medicare payments from the federal or state government
Dissenting Opinion
breach of duty
Medicare fraud
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
42. Thurgood Marshall
First African American Justice
Separation of powers
Contributory Negligence
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
43. Type of defense; the defendant is incapable of forming mens rea
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
insanity
first requirement of a contract
first amendment
44. Judge made law; based on precedent - which leads to stare decisis
battery
The percentage vote to pass a bill
invitee
Common Law
45. Three.
Dissenting Opinion
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Statute
Patriot Act
46. Nine.
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
First African American Justice
Interrogatories
third requirement of a contract
47. During the option period of a contract
Statute
Holding
Intermediate scrutiny
you cannot revoke an offer...
48. Type of intentional tort; the intentional touching of an individual in a way that is unwarranted or offensive
battery
operation of law
assault
revocation
49. No state can deny citizens due process. (14th amendment) this incorporates states to be ruled under the constitution
fourth amendment
Incorporation clause
Federalism
Bill of Right
50. Type of intentional tort; the intentional restraint of another without reasonable cause
Pleadings
Administrative Law
false imprisonment
Comparative Fault