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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. First 10 amendments of the constitution; Compromise between federalist and antifederalists; Protects natural rights of liberty and property
Bill of Right
quasi contract
mirror image rule
Mediation
2. To the conference committee
sixth amendment
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
entrapment
implied contract
3. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny
Supremacy clause
Who regulates commercial speech
What Freedom of speech includes
Equal Protection Clause
4. No unreasonable searches or seizures
fourth amendment
intrusion
Arbitration
What Freedom of speech includes
5. Due process or the right to a hearing
Conference committee
letters of intent
Federalism
fifth amendment
6. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible
sixth amendment
Defamation
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
Comparative Fault
7. Baron Montesquieu
fourth requirement of a contract
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Pleadings
Common Law
8. The rules committee where it is put on a calendar.
John Locke
negligent hiring
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
Who regulates commercial speech
9. Bottom Line answer
attractive nuisance
Federalism
The percentage vote to pass a bill
Holding
10. Faking car accidents and injury in order to gain a settlement
Bystander's obligation means...
Insurance Fraud
Physical and Mental examination
Stare Decisis
11. There is no intention to a contract but the plaintiff gives some benefit to the defendant who knows the plaintiff expects compensation. it would be unjust not to award the damages.
Where the bill goes after conference committee
quasi contract
Statute
forseeable harm
12. Injuries caused by neglect and oversight rather than deliberate conduct.
agreement
Common Law
Negligence and strict liability
mens rea
13. Three.
Filibuster
false imprisonment
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
letters of intent
14. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)
operation of law
Concurring Opinion
Negligence per se
insanity
15. When the bill is debated to the floor of the house.
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
Concurring Opinion
rejection
Appellee
16. There is an established duty of due care
Dissenting Opinion
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
promissory estoppel
17. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation
third requirement of a contract
Incorporation clause
Pocket Veto
slander
18. A federal statute that applies to the sale of goods (NOT real estate or services)
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
letters of intent
uniform commercial code
19. Termination by simply turning down the offer
rejection
What Freedom of speech includes
Voir Dire
Arbitration
20. Each side may ask the other side to produce relevant documents for inspection and copying.
Writ of Certiorari
Total circuits in the court of appeals
Request of production of documents and things
Comparative Fault
21. The documents that begin a lawsuit: consists of the complaint - answer and sometimes a reply
Ethics
eighth amendment
letters of intent
Pleadings
22. The obligation to decide current cases based on previous rulings.
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
felony
precedent
assault
23. (1)statement (2)falseness (3)communicated (4)injury
Mail Fraud
Separation of powers
Common Law
Qualifications for defamation
24. Business tort; using someones likeness or voice without their permission.
Strict scrutiny
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
Commercial Exploitation
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
25. Injury
Physical and Mental examination
licensee
Fraud
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
26. Type of defense; when the government induces the defendant to break the law.
Commercial Exploitation
Bill of Right
entrapment
trespass
27. The legal question that is posed in a case
Legal Issue Presented
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Collective Responsibility
Style of a Case
28. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.
Arbitration
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Procedural due process
Concurring Opinion
29. Twelve.
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Negligence per se
Total circuits in the court of appeals
misdemeanor
30. An act of a senate member to delay the close of debate or force a decision to be made.
First Woman Justice
Filibuster
implied contract
lible
31. Cruel and unusual punishment
Appellant
Stare Decisis
Supremacy clause
eighth amendment
32. A defendant engaging in an ultrahazardous activity is virtually always liable for any harm that results
Qualifications for defamation
second requirement of a contract
strict liability
Negligence per se
33. Someone on the property by right of a public place. highest duty of due care is owed to avoid negligence
invitee
felony
Conference committee
fourth requirement of a contract
34. Thurgood Marshall
First African American Justice
Fraud
fifth amendment
coercion
35. System of checks and balances within the federal government
Voir Dire
mirror image rule
tort
Separation of powers
36. John Roberts
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Current Chief Justice
For a bill to pass...
lible
37. The party opposing the appeal
Style of a Case
Appellee
larceny
Citation
38. Refers to lawsuits; the process of filing claims to courts
felony
Litigation
Mediation
Total circuits in the court of appeals
39. It must be voted on and approved by both houses and then approved by the president. then it is a law
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
For a bill to pass...
What Freedom of speech includes
tort
40. Harm caused by a deliberate action
First Woman Justice
intentional tort
Procedural due process
To prove injury the defamation must show...
41. Reference code; label for looking the case up
First African American Justice
RICO
To prove injury the defamation must show...
Citation
42. When a law remains untouched on the presidents desk for over 10 days after congress's adjournment
Statute
Common Law
Comparative Fault
Pocket Veto
43. They set time limits for debate - decide how fast the law should be deliberated and when the bill goes to the floor for debate.
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
The job of the Rules Committee
Comparative Fault
negligent retention
44. Written questions that the opposing party must answer in writing under oath
Interrogatories
Where the bill goes after conference committee
expiration
larceny
45. If the plaintiff is even slightly negligent he/she recovers nothing
entrapment
Contributory Negligence
Step four in filing a civil law suit
letters of intent
46. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Bill
fourth requirement of a contract
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
47. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.
express contract
Interrogatories
Collective Responsibility
negligent hiring
48. Common law rule; acceptance must be made on the same terms as the offer
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Depositions
mirror image rule
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
49. Sponsor.
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Patriot Act
negligent hiring
50. During the option period of a contract
Bill of Right
you cannot revoke an offer...
Step one in filing a civil law suit
Res ipsa loquitor