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Business Law Vocab - 2

Subjects : law, business-law
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The obligation to decide current cases based on previous rulings.






2. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.






3. Trial.






4. Type of intent to be proved; means a guilty state of mind






5. A court will imply by conduct that there was an agreement between two parties






6. Wrote 'On the Laws and Customs of England'






7. 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






8. The floor/leadership - where it is debated upon with no time limit.






9. To the conference committee






10. Injuries caused by neglect and oversight rather than deliberate conduct.






11. Thurgood Marshall






12. Law made by federal agencies; rules and regulations






13. Termination by simply turning down the offer






14. 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






15. Type of intentional tort (and crime); injuring someone by deliberate deception






16. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible






17. 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






18. Baron Montesquieu






19. Laws involving economic and social regulation; laws that regard economic or social status are presumed valid and corporations and people can be classified






20. Agreement (offer and acceptance)






21. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation






22. A federal statute that applies to the sale of goods (NOT real estate or services)






23. Forseeable harm






24. Type of defamation tort; written defamation






25. Forbidding a law to be passed






26. It must be voted on and approved by both houses and then approved by the president. then it is a law






27. Presiding officer (senator)






28. Harm caused by a deliberate action






29. Procedures for academic dismissal or dismissal from a government job






30. There was a breach of due care






31. The party opposing the appeal






32. The process of one party's lawyer to question the other party or a potential witness under oath.






33. (1)statement (2)falseness (3)communicated (4)injury






34. (1)misrepresentation (2)concealment with the intent to take advantage of someone; deception of a person for the purpose of obtaining money or property






35. Type of business crime; taking or using someones property






36. Type of intentnional tort; intentionally entering land that belongs to someone else or remaining on land after being asked to leave






37. Using false statements or bribes to obtain medicare payments from the federal or state government






38. Pretrial motions; motions for a summary judgement; asks the court to resolve a lawsuit before it goes to trial






39. Bottom Line answer






40. Type of intentional tort; an act that makes a person fear imminent battery






41. Items such as trampolines and swimming pools; defendant is liable if there is no protection






42. If the plaintiff is even slightly negligent he/she recovers nothing






43. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.






44. Cruel and unusual punishment






45. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)






46. The defendant (defamer) knew the statement was false or acted with reckless disregard to the truth






47. Type of defense; the defendant is incapable of forming mens rea






48. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; issues a binding decision.






49. There is an established duty of due care






50. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature