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Business Law Vocab - 2

Subjects : law, business-law
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1. Type of intentnional tort; intentionally entering land that belongs to someone else or remaining on land after being asked to leave






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






3. A person who is on your property with your permission; you owe them a higher duty of due care to warn of known dangers






4. To the president.






5. Common law rule; acceptance must be made on the same terms as the offer






6. Baron Montesquieu






7. 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






8. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature






9. Judge made law; based on precedent - which leads to stare decisis






10. System of checks and balances within the federal government






11. Forseeable harm






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






13. Punishable by a prison sentence of one year or more






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






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






16. Factual case






17. Law made by federal agencies; rules and regulations






18. Arbitration and Mediation






19. A document filed by the losing party requesting the federal court to appeal a case.






20. The rules committee where it is put on a calendar.






21. Life - Liberty - Property






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






23. Fraud using electronic communications of any kind;






24. During the option period of a contract






25. When a law remains untouched on the presidents desk for over 10 days after congress's adjournment






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






27. Legality; the subject matter must be legal






28. A subtype of rejection






29. Using two or more racketeering acts to accomplish any of the following goals: (1) investing or acquiring legitimate businesses with criminal money (2)maintaining or acquiring businesses through criminal activity






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






31. Agreement (offer and acceptance)






32. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation






33. James Madison - 1789






34. Three.






35. Talking trash






36. No unreasonable searches or seizures






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






38. John Roberts






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






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






41. 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.






42. The facts imply that the defendants negligence caused the act; 'the thing speaks for itself'






43. Sponsor.






44. Majority






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






46. Business tort; intrusion in to someones private life; being a voyeur






47. Any scheme that attempts to unlawfully obtain money or services illegally through the US postal service






48. Bottom Line answer






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






50. Type of tort; taking someone elses property without consent.







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