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Business Law Vocab - 2

Subjects : law, business-law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Law made by federal agencies; rules and regulations






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






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






4. Arbitration and Mediation






5. Trial Court






6. Presiding officer (senator)






7. First 10 amendments of the constitution; Compromise between federalist and antifederalists; Protects natural rights of liberty and property






8. Termination by simply turning down the offer






9. Reasoning court gives for the holding






10. Allows the FBI to surveillance citizens with out a search warrant from a judge






11. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature






12. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger






13. 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






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






15. A person who volluntarily enters a situation that has an obvious danger cannot complain is he/she is injured






16. Reference code; label for looking the case up






17. Fraud using electronic communications of any kind;






18. Freedom of speech.






19. Capacity; the parties must be adults and mentally competent






20. Someone on the property by right of a public place. highest duty of due care is owed to avoid negligence






21. There was a breach of due care






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






23. Attorneys ask jurors a set of questions to determine bias






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






25. A defendant engaging in an ultrahazardous activity is virtually always liable for any harm that results






26. The party opposing the appeal






27. Harm caused by a deliberate action






28. The documents that begin a lawsuit: consists of the complaint - answer and sometimes a reply






29. To a committee to be studied; and then debated and voted upon; this is where new amendments can be added.






30. A party may ask the court to order an examination to find out if physical or mental damage is relevant






31. Collected taxes and helped keep the peace in tenth century England. Equivalent to a modern day Sheriff.






32. When the bill is debated to the floor of the house.






33. Unintentional tort - breach of a duty of care






34. You have no duty to assist someone in peril unless you created the danger

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35. A defendant breaches his duty of due care by failing to behave the way a reasonable person would under similar circumstances






36. They set time limits for debate - decide how fast the law should be deliberated and when the bill goes to the floor for debate.






37. The obligation to decide current cases based on previous rulings.






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






39. When there is no contract - but the defendant makes a promise that will induce reliance. it would be unjust not to enforce the promise






40. 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






41. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny






42. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; not a binding decision. Voluntary settlement.






43. Action - print and other expression. Broader than the spoken word






44. Injury






45. Type of intentional tort; the intentional touching of an individual in a way that is unwarranted or offensive






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






47. A subtype of rejection






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






49. Twelve.






50. A law passed by a legislative body