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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. (1)misrepresentation (2)concealment with the intent to take advantage of someone; deception of a person for the purpose of obtaining money or property
insanity
first amendment
Fraud
expiration
2. Malicious use of fire or explosives to damage or destroy real estate or property
Arson
lible
Mail box rule
first amendment
3. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny
forseeable harm
Fraud
Bill
Equal Protection Clause
4. Using false statements or bribes to obtain medicare payments from the federal or state government
Medicare fraud
third requirement of a contract
fifth amendment
Pocket Veto
5. 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
larceny
What Freedom of speech includes
precedent
lible
6. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible
First Woman Justice
Comparative Fault
tort
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
7. Faking car accidents and injury in order to gain a settlement
Tortious interference with a contract
Common Law
Insurance Fraud
felony
8. Termination when an offer specifies a time limit for acceptance and the period is binding.
expiration
Malice
Arbitration
negligent retention
9. If a company does not address an insubordinate employee - they become liable
Assumption of the risk
Res ipsa loquitor
insanity
negligent retention
10. Any scheme that attempts to unlawfully obtain money or services illegally through the US postal service
Mail Fraud
Two types of dispute resolution
invitee
The primary drafter of the constitution
11. James Madison - 1789
The primary drafter of the constitution
invitee
licensee
Fraud
12. Type of intentnional tort; intentionally entering land that belongs to someone else or remaining on land after being asked to leave
To prove injury the defamation must show...
Dicta
trespass
Filibuster
13. A contract put in writing laying out all of the terms
express contract
counter offer
negligent retention
insanity
14. Cruel and unusual punishment
John Locke
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Stare Decisis
eighth amendment
15. A letter that summarizes the negotiating progress
Appellee
letters of intent
negligent hiring
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
16. It must be voted on and approved by both houses and then approved by the president. then it is a law
Common Law
For a bill to pass...
Bill of Right
Incorporation clause
17. Written questions that the opposing party must answer in writing under oath
Collective Responsibility
Style of a Case
trespass
Interrogatories
18. When there is no contract - but the defendant makes a promise that will induce reliance. it would be unjust not to enforce the promise
Supremacy clause
promissory estoppel
What Freedom of speech includes
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
19. When the bill is debated to the floor of the house.
Contributory Negligence
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Malice
20. Establishes the idea precendent
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21. The floor/leadership - where it is debated upon with no time limit.
fifth amendment
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
Mediation
revocation
22. Reasoning court gives for the holding
Rationale
breach of duty
coercion
Request of production of documents and things
23. To the conference committee
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
you cannot revoke an offer...
first requirement of a contract
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
24. The process of one party's lawyer to question the other party or a potential witness under oath.
invitee
Citation
crime burden of proof
Depositions
25. They set time limits for debate - decide how fast the law should be deliberated and when the bill goes to the floor for debate.
attractive nuisance
Physical and Mental examination
operation of law
The job of the Rules Committee
26. Items such as trampolines and swimming pools; defendant is liable if there is no protection
attractive nuisance
Bill of Right
fourth requirement of a contract
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
27. Judges who disagree with the majority holding; states their opposing opinion
Bill of Right
Dissenting Opinion
fifth amendment
first amendment
28. 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
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
expiration
Separation of powers
First African American Justice
29. Type of tort; taking someone elses property without consent.
conversion
Comparative Fault
Negligence and strict liability
The percentage vote to pass a bill
30. Procedures for academic dismissal or dismissal from a government job
Procedural due process
Where the bill goes after conference committee
you cannot revoke an offer...
Holding
31. Type of intentional tort; the intentional touching of an individual in a way that is unwarranted or offensive
battery
For a bill to pass...
Concurring Opinion
Shire Reeves
32. Preponderance of the evidence
Federal District Court
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
misdemeanor
Comparative Fault
33. 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...
Filibuster
Dicta
What is not protected under the first amendment
34. Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
conversion(2)
crime burden of proof
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
uniform commercial code
35. A defendant engaging in an ultrahazardous activity is virtually always liable for any harm that results
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Mail box rule
Litigation
strict liability
36. An act of a senate member to delay the close of debate or force a decision to be made.
Filibuster
Separation of powers
forseeable harm
Rationale
37. Business tort; using someones likeness or voice without their permission.
Commercial Exploitation
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
fourth amendment
negligent hiring
38. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation
assault
Intermediate scrutiny
slander
entrapment
39. A document filed by the losing party requesting the federal court to appeal a case.
Writ of Certiorari
Mail box rule
Depositions
Substantial effect rule
40. 1250
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41. No unreasonable searches or seizures
fourth amendment
Statute
Mail box rule
insanity
42. Laws involving economic and social regulation; laws that regard economic or social status are presumed valid and corporations and people can be classified
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Shire Reeves
Minimal scrutiny
43. Baron Montesquieu
Bill of Right
Holding
actus reus
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
44. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed
The job of the Rules Committee
What is not protected under the first amendment
First Woman Justice
operation of law
45. The defendant (defamer) knew the statement was false or acted with reckless disregard to the truth
Malice
lible
expiration
fifth amendment
46. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
Negligence per se
negligent retention
first requirement of a contract
47. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
Holding
Voir Dire
Takings clause
48. Judge made law
rejection
Statute
Common Law
first amendment
49. Binding; an offeror cannot withdraw
Mail box rule
Depositions
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
50. The legal question that is posed in a case
John Locke
promissory estoppel
Legal Issue Presented
Statute