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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. Items such as trampolines and swimming pools; defendant is liable if there is no protection
Interrogatories
intentional tort
attractive nuisance
implied contract
2. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Negligence per se
forseeable harm
embezzlement
3. Consideration; the bargaining that leads to a deal
Qualifications for defamation
invitee
second requirement of a contract
Rationale
4. Pretrial motions; motions for a summary judgement; asks the court to resolve a lawsuit before it goes to trial
battery
mirror image rule
Step three in filing a civil law suit
operation of law
5. The legal question that is posed in a case
Wire Fraud
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
Legal Issue Presented
6. Type of business crime; the fraudulent conversion of property already in the defendants posession.
embezzlement
Administrative Law
Shire Reeves
larceny
7. Business tort; intrusion in to someones private life; being a voyeur
intrusion
expiration
letters of intent
first amendment
8. Judges are obligated to follow precedent
Henry DeBracton
For a bill to pass...
Stare Decisis
lible
9. 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.
Strict scrutiny
Step four in filing a civil law suit
crime burden of proof
Stare Decisis
10. A subtype of rejection
Takings clause
counter offer
first amendment
fifth amendment
11. Termination by simply turning down the offer
rejection
Federal District Court
strict liability
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
12. During the option period of a contract
Shire Reeves
Arbitration
you cannot revoke an offer...
Supremacy clause
13. Type of defamation tort; written defamation
attractive nuisance
lible
Filibuster
Writ of Certiorari
14. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.
Litigation
Takings clause
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
agreement
15. Termination when an offer specifies a time limit for acceptance and the period is binding.
expiration
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
entrapment
Total circuits in the court of appeals
16. Twelve.
invitee
Total circuits in the court of appeals
Takings clause
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
17. Thurgood Marshall
Administrative Law
precedent
Insurance Fraud
First African American Justice
18. An offered can be terminated anytime before the offer has been accepted.
Conference committee
revocation
Fraud
Assumption of the risk
19. 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
coercion
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
First Woman Justice
Statute
20. (1)misrepresentation (2)concealment with the intent to take advantage of someone; deception of a person for the purpose of obtaining money or property
second requirement of a contract
Fraud
Minimal scrutiny
John Locke
21. Fraud using electronic communications of any kind;
Wire Fraud
What Freedom of speech includes
Strict scrutiny
Administrative Law
22. A document filed by the losing party requesting the federal court to appeal a case.
Minimal scrutiny
Writ of Certiorari
trespass
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
23. Malicious use of fire or explosives to damage or destroy real estate or property
attractive nuisance
first requirement of a contract
Arson
Equal Protection Clause
24. If the proceedings of a business occur intrastate but will eventually effect proceedings interstate - this rule states that congress may interfere
Dicta
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
Appellant
Substantial effect rule
25. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; not a binding decision. Voluntary settlement.
forseeable harm
Mediation
third requirement of a contract
express contract
26. Type of intentnional tort; intentionally entering land that belongs to someone else or remaining on land after being asked to leave
Current Chief Justice
trespass
Stare Decisis
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
27. Type of intentional tort; an act that makes a person fear imminent battery
Incorporation clause
Supremacy clause
assault
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
28. A defendant breaches his duty of due care by failing to behave the way a reasonable person would under similar circumstances
Intermediate scrutiny
Bill of Right
tort
breach of duty
29. Gender related; such laws must be substantially related to important government objectives. (gov't cant discriminate based on gender through the law making process)
actus reus
embezzlement
Intermediate scrutiny
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
30. A company becomes liable if they do not perform a background check
Mail box rule
The percentage vote to pass a bill
negligent hiring
The primary drafter of the constitution
31. Action - print and other expression. Broader than the spoken word
Dicta
What Freedom of speech includes
first amendment
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
32. There is an established duty of due care
Stare Decisis
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
agreement
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
33. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature
Bill
implied contract
Tortious interference with a contract
entrapment
34. (1)statement (2)falseness (3)communicated (4)injury
strict liability
Appellee
Physical and Mental examination
Qualifications for defamation
35. Type of intentional tort; the intentional touching of an individual in a way that is unwarranted or offensive
battery
Bill of Right
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
intrusion
36. A person who is on your property with your permission; you owe them a higher duty of due care to warn of known dangers
licensee
first amendment
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Medicare fraud
37. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible
entrapment
Filibuster
Stare Decisis
Comparative Fault
38. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.
Concurring Opinion
Defamation
What is not protected under the first amendment
mens rea
39. 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.
Insurance Fraud
implied contract
Conference committee
third requirement of a contract
40. System of checks and balances within the federal government
Interrogatories
Fraud
Negligence
Separation of powers
41. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.
sixth amendment
Two types of dispute resolution
forseeable harm
RICO
42. Each side may ask the other side to produce relevant documents for inspection and copying.
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Depositions
What Freedom of speech includes
Request of production of documents and things
43. Article I - Section 8
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44. Judge made law; based on precedent - which leads to stare decisis
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
Procedural due process
Common Law
Bystander's obligation means...
45. Type of tort; taking someone elses property without consent.
Defamation
conversion
Bill of Right
Patriot Act
46. Preponderance of the evidence
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
What Freedom of speech includes
For a bill to pass...
John Locke
47. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
operation of law
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
The job of the Rules Committee
48. Laws involving economic and social regulation; laws that regard economic or social status are presumed valid and corporations and people can be classified
express contract
negligent hiring
Minimal scrutiny
forseeable harm
49. 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
express contract
Substantial effect rule
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
50. Any scheme that attempts to unlawfully obtain money or services illegally through the US postal service
invitee
The job of the Rules Committee
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Mail Fraud
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