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Business Law Vocab - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Agreement (offer and acceptance)
misdemeanor
actus reus
first requirement of a contract
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
2. Business tort; using someones likeness or voice without their permission.
negligent hiring
conversion
third requirement of a contract
Commercial Exploitation
3. Consideration; the bargaining that leads to a deal
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
Strict scrutiny
second requirement of a contract
Administrative Law
4. The process of one party's lawyer to question the other party or a potential witness under oath.
operation of law
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Depositions
Dissenting Opinion
5. Type of intentnional tort; intentionally entering land that belongs to someone else or remaining on land after being asked to leave
trespass
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Tortious interference with a contract
Concurring Opinion
6. Punishable by a prison sentence of one year or more
Dicta
negligent hiring
felony
John Locke
7. Using false statements or bribes to obtain medicare payments from the federal or state government
Pleadings
regulation of interstate commerce
Tortious interference with a contract
Medicare fraud
8. Written questions that the opposing party must answer in writing under oath
Concurring Opinion
Interrogatories
Fraud
licensee
9. Type of tort; taking someone elses property without consent.
The job of the Rules Committee
conversion
Litigation
intentional tort
10. States who is suing who. Identifies parties.
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Bill of Right
Style of a Case
Mail Fraud
11. There is an established duty of due care
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Medicare fraud
third requirement of a contract
insanity
12. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)
Incorporation clause
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
fifth amendment
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
13. If the proceedings of a business occur intrastate but will eventually effect proceedings interstate - this rule states that congress may interfere
eighth amendment
promissory estoppel
Substantial effect rule
negligent hiring
14. Injuries caused by neglect and oversight rather than deliberate conduct.
entrapment
fifth amendment
Negligence and strict liability
Defamation
15. James Madison - 1789
The primary drafter of the constitution
uniform commercial code
Filibuster
licensee
16. A company becomes liable if they do not perform a background check
Separation of powers
larceny
negligent hiring
Appellant
17. Gender related; such laws must be substantially related to important government objectives. (gov't cant discriminate based on gender through the law making process)
Separation of powers
Intermediate scrutiny
Total circuits in the court of appeals
Wire Fraud
18. Forbidding a law to be passed
Bystander's obligation means...
Voir Dire
fifth amendment
Veto
19. Legality; the subject matter must be legal
coercion
RICO
third requirement of a contract
To prove injury the defamation must show...
20. Action - print and other expression. Broader than the spoken word
Who regulates commercial speech
What Freedom of speech includes
Bill of Right
Minimal scrutiny
21. Malicious use of fire or explosives to damage or destroy real estate or property
Arson
Veto
operation of law
revocation
22. Unintentional tort - breach of a duty of care
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Negligence
What Freedom of speech includes
Who regulates commercial speech
23. Forseeable harm
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
embezzlement
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Appellee
24. When there is no contract - but the defendant makes a promise that will induce reliance. it would be unjust not to enforce the promise
promissory estoppel
agreement
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
The percentage vote to pass a bill
25. 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.
Conference committee
Takings clause
Filibuster
RICO
26. 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
Shire Reeves
expiration
Supremacy clause
revocation
27. 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
Interrogatories
licensee
third requirement of a contract
28. 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.
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Strict scrutiny
Administrative Law
Step three in filing a civil law suit
29. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
battery
slander
lible
30. A document filed by the losing party requesting the federal court to appeal a case.
John Locke
revocation
For a bill to pass...
Writ of Certiorari
31. John Roberts
Current Chief Justice
Rationale
implied contract
Wire Fraud
32. Type of defamation tort; written defamation
lible
Defamation
precedent
Malice
33. Arbitration and Mediation
Incorporation clause
Appellee
Two types of dispute resolution
For a bill to pass...
34. Judges who disagree with the majority holding; states their opposing opinion
Dissenting Opinion
Voir Dire
To prove injury the defamation must show...
What is not protected under the first amendment
35. Allows the FBI to surveillance citizens with out a search warrant from a judge
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
Patriot Act
conversion(2)
Negligence and strict liability
36. Type of intentional tort (and crime); injuring someone by deliberate deception
battery
Step two in filing a civil law suit
Fraud
second requirement of a contract
37. A contract put in writing laying out all of the terms
Assumption of the risk
express contract
Negligence per se
Federalism
38. Business tort; intrusion in to someones private life; being a voyeur
Contributory Negligence
What Freedom of speech includes
intrusion
Stare Decisis
39. Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
crime burden of proof
Minimal scrutiny
agreement
Tortious interference with a contract
40. Nine.
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Concurring Opinion
embezzlement
Fraud
41. Type of defense; when the government induces the defendant to break the law.
Style of a Case
Arson
entrapment
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
42. Type of intent to be proved; means the guilty act
actus reus
promissory estoppel
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
43. A power granted to congress stating that congress may regulate trade between countries - other states and indian tribes
regulation of interstate commerce
Ethics
Administrative Law
fifth amendment
44. The party filing the appeal
fifth amendment
Appellant
The primary drafter of the constitution
forseeable harm
45. Any scheme that attempts to unlawfully obtain money or services illegally through the US postal service
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Mail Fraud
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
46. Judge made law
Supremacy clause
lible
The percentage vote to pass a bill
Common Law
47. Talking trash
Filibuster
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Defamation
Physical and Mental examination
48. Judge made law; based on precedent - which leads to stare decisis
Common Law
Style of a Case
What is not protected under the first amendment
express contract
49. During the option period of a contract
you cannot revoke an offer...
Bill
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
conversion(2)
50. Refers to lawsuits; the process of filing claims to courts
For a bill to pass...
quasi contract
Litigation
sixth amendment