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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. Procedures for academic dismissal or dismissal from a government job
assault
Arbitration
entrapment
Procedural due process
2. The sharing of powers between levels of government
Equal Protection Clause
Federalism
Negligence
Insurance Fraud
3. Type of business crime; the fraudulent conversion of property already in the defendants posession.
entrapment
lible
Total circuits in the court of appeals
embezzlement
4. First 10 amendments of the constitution; Compromise between federalist and antifederalists; Protects natural rights of liberty and property
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
Bill of Right
misdemeanor
Assumption of the risk
5. Type of intentional tort; the intentional touching of an individual in a way that is unwarranted or offensive
RICO
Insurance Fraud
battery
Dicta
6. Each side may ask the other side to produce relevant documents for inspection and copying.
Appellant
Request of production of documents and things
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
7. Injury
felony
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Rationale
8. 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
Equal Protection Clause
agreement
Insurance Fraud
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
9. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.
Takings clause
second requirement of a contract
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Insurance Fraud
10. Judges are obligated to follow precedent
Mail Fraud
Minimal scrutiny
regulation of interstate commerce
Stare Decisis
11. A violation of a duty imposed by a civil law.
Medicare fraud
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
tort
Step three in filing a civil law suit
12. Talking trash
Intermediate scrutiny
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
coercion
Defamation
13. A less serious crime often punishable by less than one year in prison
misdemeanor
Tortious interference with a contract
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
14. Type of defamation tort; written defamation
Appellee
lible
negligent hiring
intrusion
15. Forbidding a law to be passed
Mail box rule
The primary drafter of the constitution
Concurring Opinion
Veto
16. Injuries caused by neglect and oversight rather than deliberate conduct.
Shire Reeves
Negligence and strict liability
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Pleadings
17. If the proceedings of a business occur intrastate but will eventually effect proceedings interstate - this rule states that congress may interfere
What is not protected under the first amendment
Substantial effect rule
eighth amendment
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
18. Law made by federal agencies; rules and regulations
Step two in filing a civil law suit
Separation of powers
Common Law
Administrative Law
19. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible
Comparative Fault
regulation of interstate commerce
fourth requirement of a contract
Res ipsa loquitor
20. Sponsor.
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
Collective Responsibility
Supremacy clause
battery
21. 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
Fraud
larceny
Statute
Collective Responsibility
22. John Roberts
Current Chief Justice
Negligence and strict liability
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
Bill of Right
23. Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
Filibuster
crime burden of proof
felony
intentional tort
24. Forseeable harm
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
entrapment
agreement
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
25. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)
Negligence per se
Medicare fraud
crime burden of proof
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
26. No state can deny citizens due process. (14th amendment) this incorporates states to be ruled under the constitution
Incorporation clause
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
Negligence and strict liability
Mail box rule
27. Someone on the property by right of a public place. highest duty of due care is owed to avoid negligence
invitee
Medicare fraud
licensee
insanity
28. Requires a meeting of the minds
fifth amendment
Step three in filing a civil law suit
agreement
Supremacy clause
29. Type of defense; the practice of forcing another party to behave in an involuntary manner (whether through action or inaction) by use of threats or rewards
Dissenting Opinion
coercion
battery
letters of intent
30. Type of intent to be proved; means the guilty act
actus reus
Who regulates commercial speech
Style of a Case
Writ of Certiorari
31. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation
slander
Arson
Administrative Law
Wire Fraud
32. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.
forseeable harm
tort
To prove injury the defamation must show...
felony
33. Allows the FBI to surveillance citizens with out a search warrant from a judge
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
precedent
Patriot Act
Contributory Negligence
34. A person who is on your property with your permission; you owe them a higher duty of due care to warn of known dangers
Filibuster
Administrative Law
licensee
Medicare fraud
35. If a company does not address an insubordinate employee - they become liable
assault
implied contract
strict liability
negligent retention
36. Business tort; defendant improperly breached contract and causes injury to plaintiff
John Locke
Incorporation clause
Tortious interference with a contract
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
37. A document filed by the losing party requesting the federal court to appeal a case.
Fraud
Writ of Certiorari
promissory estoppel
Depositions
38. Reasoning court gives for the holding
Stare Decisis
Rationale
Concurring Opinion
Contributory Negligence
39. Written questions that the opposing party must answer in writing under oath
Step one in filing a civil law suit
Common Law
Interrogatories
Bill of Right
40. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.
Collective Responsibility
Equal Protection Clause
first amendment
Fraud
41. Article I - Section 8
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42. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)
The job of the Rules Committee
First African American Justice
fifth amendment
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
43. A party may ask the court to order an examination to find out if physical or mental damage is relevant
Patriot Act
Physical and Mental examination
Litigation
Ethics
44. Termination by simply turning down the offer
Comparative Fault
battery
Physical and Mental examination
rejection
45. There is an established duty of due care
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
Step two in filing a civil law suit
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
46. Discovery phase: chance for the party to learn about its opponent.
Step one in filing a civil law suit
Step two in filing a civil law suit
Physical and Mental examination
Dissenting Opinion
47. 2/3 vote
Insurance Fraud
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
attractive nuisance
fifth amendment
48. System of checks and balances within the federal government
Dissenting Opinion
Separation of powers
First Woman Justice
Shire Reeves
49. A letter that summarizes the negotiating progress
Assumption of the risk
letters of intent
Statute
What Freedom of speech includes
50. Trial.
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Commercial Exploitation
Veto