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Business Law Vocab - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. There is an established duty of due care
letters of intent
breach of duty
To prove injury the defamation must show...
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
2. No state can deny citizens due process. (14th amendment) this incorporates states to be ruled under the constitution
Incorporation clause
fifth amendment
Arbitration
Assumption of the risk
3. Type of tort; taking someone elses property without consent.
Where the bill goes after conference committee
expiration
conversion
letters of intent
4. The sharing of powers between levels of government
Takings clause
Federalism
Negligence per se
Henry DeBracton
5. Discovery phase: chance for the party to learn about its opponent.
Malice
embezzlement
Medicare fraud
Step two in filing a civil law suit
6. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.
Tortious interference with a contract
Takings clause
Total circuits in the court of appeals
third requirement of a contract
7. The party opposing the appeal
letters of intent
Appellee
second requirement of a contract
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
8. It must be voted on and approved by both houses and then approved by the president. then it is a law
For a bill to pass...
first requirement of a contract
promissory estoppel
conversion(2)
9. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Physical and Mental examination
Comparative Fault
trespass
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
RICO
misdemeanor
Physical and Mental examination
breach of duty
11. Gender related; such laws must be substantially related to important government objectives. (gov't cant discriminate based on gender through the law making process)
Incorporation clause
Common Law
insanity
Intermediate scrutiny
12. Collected taxes and helped keep the peace in tenth century England. Equivalent to a modern day Sheriff.
Legal Issue Presented
Shire Reeves
negligent hiring
The job of the Rules Committee
13. Life - Liberty - Property
John Locke
larceny
Assumption of the risk
Style of a Case
14. Business tort; defendant improperly breached contract and causes injury to plaintiff
Tortious interference with a contract
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
For a bill to pass...
attractive nuisance
15. When the bill is debated to the floor of the house.
Mail box rule
Res ipsa loquitor
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
precedent
16. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.
false imprisonment
insanity
forseeable harm
Administrative Law
17. A contract put in writing laying out all of the terms
Conference committee
express contract
Bill
breach of duty
18. The rules committee where it is put on a calendar.
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
Two types of dispute resolution
Mail box rule
Minimal scrutiny
19. A court will imply by conduct that there was an agreement between two parties
promissory estoppel
For a bill to pass...
implied contract
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
20. 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
Negligence per se
conversion(2)
larceny
crime burden of proof
21. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny
Tortious interference with a contract
Current Chief Justice
Equal Protection Clause
Strict scrutiny
22. First 10 amendments of the constitution; Compromise between federalist and antifederalists; Protects natural rights of liberty and property
Malice
Substantial effect rule
Bill of Right
Writ of Certiorari
23. During the option period of a contract
you cannot revoke an offer...
Current Chief Justice
Style of a Case
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
24. (1)misrepresentation (2)concealment with the intent to take advantage of someone; deception of a person for the purpose of obtaining money or property
intrusion
First Woman Justice
The primary drafter of the constitution
Fraud
25. To a committee to be studied; and then debated and voted upon; this is where new amendments can be added.
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Res ipsa loquitor
Medicare fraud
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
26. Written questions that the opposing party must answer in writing under oath
intrusion
Who regulates commercial speech
The job of the Rules Committee
Interrogatories
27. Judges are obligated to follow precedent
Stare Decisis
revocation
intentional tort
Ethics
28. Forseeable harm
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Tortious interference with a contract
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
assault
29. Requires a meeting of the minds
agreement
Mediation
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
30. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)
Holding
fifth amendment
rejection
Separation of powers
31. A person who volluntarily enters a situation that has an obvious danger cannot complain is he/she is injured
sixth amendment
Style of a Case
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Assumption of the risk
32. 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.
operation of law
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Conference committee
33. You have no duty to assist someone in peril unless you created the danger
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34. Type of intent to be proved; means the guilty act
actus reus
Two types of dispute resolution
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
Defamation
35. A law passed by a legislative body
Statute
uniform commercial code
Minimal scrutiny
revocation
36. Injury
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Statute
Conference committee
first requirement of a contract
37. When a law remains untouched on the presidents desk for over 10 days after congress's adjournment
Common Law
misdemeanor
Pocket Veto
Res ipsa loquitor
38. No unreasonable searches or seizures
Filibuster
Contributory Negligence
fourth amendment
felony
39. Using false statements or bribes to obtain medicare payments from the federal or state government
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Medicare fraud
Physical and Mental examination
Voir Dire
40. Judge made law
Fraud
Common Law
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
41. Three.
fifth amendment
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Depositions
Interrogatories
42. Injuries caused by neglect and oversight rather than deliberate conduct.
Negligence and strict liability
Bill
promissory estoppel
letters of intent
43. A federal statute that applies to the sale of goods (NOT real estate or services)
uniform commercial code
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
Step one in filing a civil law suit
Appellee
44. Unintentional tort - breach of a duty of care
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Negligence
Henry DeBracton
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
45. Right to an attorney when facing a prison sentence
Appellant
sixth amendment
Step two in filing a civil law suit
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
46. John Roberts
Current Chief Justice
Conference committee
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
express contract
47. 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
Wire Fraud
actus reus
48. Establishes the idea precendent
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49. Bottom Line answer
Federal District Court
To prove injury the defamation must show...
Dicta
Holding
50. Allows the FBI to surveillance citizens with out a search warrant from a judge
Contributory Negligence
Patriot Act
Statute
Malice