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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. Pretrial motions; motions for a summary judgement; asks the court to resolve a lawsuit before it goes to trial
second requirement of a contract
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
First African American Justice
Step three in filing a civil law suit
2. Using false statements or bribes to obtain medicare payments from the federal or state government
Administrative Law
Malice
strict liability
Medicare fraud
3. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
forseeable harm
Negligence per se
4. A document filed by the losing party requesting the federal court to appeal a case.
Writ of Certiorari
Common Law
Wire Fraud
Incorporation clause
5. Freedom of speech.
Substantial effect rule
sixth amendment
Negligence
first amendment
6. A party may ask the court to order an examination to find out if physical or mental damage is relevant
Physical and Mental examination
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Pocket Veto
7. There is an established duty of due care
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
tort
Dicta
Style of a Case
8. Binding; an offeror cannot withdraw
counter offer
Mail box rule
assault
Who regulates commercial speech
9. Each side may ask the other side to produce relevant documents for inspection and copying.
Request of production of documents and things
Mediation
Federalism
conversion(2)
10. Discovery phase: chance for the party to learn about its opponent.
precedent
fourth requirement of a contract
Step two in filing a civil law suit
Negligence and strict liability
11. Judge made law
Intermediate scrutiny
Common Law
The primary drafter of the constitution
Step two in filing a civil law suit
12. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger
What is not protected under the first amendment
implied contract
regulation of interstate commerce
Patriot Act
13. No unreasonable searches or seizures
intentional tort
Mediation
fourth amendment
Commercial Exploitation
14. The process of one party's lawyer to question the other party or a potential witness under oath.
Negligence
operation of law
fifth amendment
Depositions
15. Type of intentional tort; the intentional restraint of another without reasonable cause
Citation
false imprisonment
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Dissenting Opinion
16. The party opposing the appeal
Bill of Right
Appellee
precedent
To prove injury the defamation must show...
17. 1250
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18. Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
Mail Fraud
crime burden of proof
Arbitration
Takings clause
19. Judges are obligated to follow precedent
you cannot revoke an offer...
fifth amendment
coercion
Stare Decisis
20. Due process or the right to a hearing
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Commercial Exploitation
Holding
fifth amendment
21. The documents that begin a lawsuit: consists of the complaint - answer and sometimes a reply
fifth amendment
Pleadings
First African American Justice
Collective Responsibility
22. Termination by simply turning down the offer
Separation of powers
Current Chief Justice
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
rejection
23. During the option period of a contract
Bill of Right
Concurring Opinion
Commercial Exploitation
you cannot revoke an offer...
24. Punishable by a prison sentence of one year or more
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
felony
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
battery
25. Trial Court
Incorporation clause
breach of duty
Appellee
Federal District Court
26. A subtype of rejection
counter offer
Fraud
What is not protected under the first amendment
mirror image rule
27. A court will imply by conduct that there was an agreement between two parties
Litigation
forseeable harm
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
implied 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.
Holding
Wire Fraud
assault
Strict scrutiny
29. 2/3 vote
Equal Protection Clause
Shire Reeves
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Depositions
30. Business tort; intrusion in to someones private life; being a voyeur
Insurance Fraud
entrapment
intrusion
embezzlement
31. Type of defense; the defendant is incapable of forming mens rea
battery
insanity
Assumption of the risk
Concurring Opinion
32. (1)statement (2)falseness (3)communicated (4)injury
Dicta
Qualifications for defamation
Henry DeBracton
Medicare fraud
33. The defendant (defamer) knew the statement was false or acted with reckless disregard to the truth
Malice
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Two types of dispute resolution
34. The floor/leadership - where it is debated upon with no time limit.
First African American Justice
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
To prove injury the defamation must show...
35. Type of intentional tort; an act that makes a person fear imminent battery
Mediation
revocation
assault
Tortious interference with a contract
36. Thurgood Marshall
revocation
First African American Justice
Substantial effect rule
fifth amendment
37. If the plaintiff is even slightly negligent he/she recovers nothing
Bill
Negligence and strict liability
Veto
Contributory Negligence
38. Action - print and other expression. Broader than the spoken word
uniform commercial code
Separation of powers
Dissenting Opinion
What Freedom of speech includes
39. Forseeable harm
Collective Responsibility
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Fraud
To prove injury the defamation must show...
40. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.
Concurring Opinion
regulation of interstate commerce
breach of duty
Contributory Negligence
41. Factual case
Defamation
Strict scrutiny
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Stare Decisis
42. Type of intent to be proved; means a guilty state of mind
fifth amendment
Equal Protection Clause
mens rea
conversion(2)
43. Law made by federal agencies; rules and regulations
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
strict liability
Insurance Fraud
Administrative Law
44. Wrote 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Qualifications for defamation
Contributory Negligence
Henry DeBracton
Interrogatories
45. Capacity; the parties must be adults and mentally competent
Tortious interference with a contract
Legal Issue Presented
Step four in filing a civil law suit
fourth requirement of a contract
46. John Roberts
felony
Conference committee
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Current Chief Justice
47. Common law rule; acceptance must be made on the same terms as the offer
RICO
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
mirror image rule
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
48. 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
breach of duty
Bill of Right
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
express contract
49. Complaint and summons are served to defendant; answer is provided within 30 days
Step one in filing a civil law suit
conversion
lible
Conference committee
50. 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
Supremacy clause
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Mail box rule
negligent retention