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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. A party may ask the court to order an examination to find out if physical or mental damage is relevant
promissory estoppel
Voir Dire
sixth amendment
Physical and Mental examination
2. Attorneys ask jurors a set of questions to determine bias
Separation of powers
Voir Dire
felony
Ethics
3. Judge made law; based on precedent - which leads to stare decisis
lible
precedent
Dissenting Opinion
Common Law
4. Reference code; label for looking the case up
Bystander's obligation means...
Citation
Pleadings
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
5. Judges are obligated to follow precedent
Stare Decisis
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Concurring Opinion
6. If a company does not address an insubordinate employee - they become liable
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
embezzlement
Fraud
negligent retention
7. No state can deny citizens due process. (14th amendment) this incorporates states to be ruled under the constitution
negligent hiring
Incorporation clause
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
8. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible
Insurance Fraud
tort
coercion
Comparative Fault
9. It must be voted on and approved by both houses and then approved by the president. then it is a law
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Henry DeBracton
For a bill to pass...
Arson
10. Refers to lawsuits; the process of filing claims to courts
Litigation
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Fraud
Fraud
11. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)
fifth amendment
Malice
Arbitration
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
12. 2/3 vote
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
larceny
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
What Freedom of speech includes
13. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.
Takings clause
intentional tort
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
insanity
14. Cruel and unusual punishment
eighth amendment
RICO
false imprisonment
John Locke
15. A company becomes liable if they do not perform a background check
attractive nuisance
Contributory Negligence
negligent hiring
second requirement of a contract
16. Talking trash
Depositions
third requirement of a contract
Appellant
Defamation
17. Type of defense; the defendant is incapable of forming mens rea
Two types of dispute resolution
invitee
insanity
Voir Dire
18. A document filed by the losing party requesting the federal court to appeal a case.
Writ of Certiorari
sixth amendment
Dicta
Statute
19. A defendant breaches his duty of due care by failing to behave the way a reasonable person would under similar circumstances
breach of duty
Administrative Law
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
20. No unreasonable searches or seizures
For a bill to pass...
Request of production of documents and things
fourth amendment
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
21. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny
express contract
Dicta
Qualifications for defamation
Equal Protection Clause
22. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.
second requirement of a contract
licensee
Collective Responsibility
actus reus
23. Baron Montesquieu
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Minimal scrutiny
Writ of Certiorari
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
24. Life - Liberty - Property
First African American Justice
Shire Reeves
John Locke
Physical and Mental examination
25. James Madison - 1789
Concurring Opinion
Assumption of the risk
Federal District Court
The primary drafter of the constitution
26. Faking car accidents and injury in order to gain a settlement
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
operation of law
Collective Responsibility
Insurance Fraud
27. Complaint and summons are served to defendant; answer is provided within 30 days
Intermediate scrutiny
Step one in filing a civil law suit
Veto
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
28. The sharing of powers between levels of government
Patriot Act
Collective Responsibility
uniform commercial code
Federalism
29. A law passed by a legislative body
Interrogatories
Common Law
Statute
third requirement of a contract
30. Type of intentional tort; the intentional touching of an individual in a way that is unwarranted or offensive
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
actus reus
battery
Depositions
31. Procedures for academic dismissal or dismissal from a government job
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Procedural due process
Incorporation clause
quasi contract
32. Consideration; the bargaining that leads to a deal
second requirement of a contract
expiration
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Commercial Exploitation
33. Each side may ask the other side to produce relevant documents for inspection and copying.
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Request of production of documents and things
Wire Fraud
express contract
34. A person who is on your property with your permission; you owe them a higher duty of due care to warn of known dangers
Defamation
licensee
actus reus
What is not protected under the first amendment
35. Injury
implied contract
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
coercion
revocation
36. To the president.
Veto
Wire Fraud
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Step four in filing a civil law suit
37. A person who volluntarily enters a situation that has an obvious danger cannot complain is he/she is injured
negligent hiring
Assumption of the risk
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
The primary drafter of the constitution
38. Twelve.
conversion(2)
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
Total circuits in the court of appeals
39. Preponderance of the evidence
Equal Protection Clause
What is not protected under the first amendment
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Separation of powers
40. The legal question that is posed in a case
Arbitration
agreement
Defamation
Legal Issue Presented
41. The defendant (defamer) knew the statement was false or acted with reckless disregard to the truth
Pocket Veto
Malice
conversion(2)
Ethics
42. Judge made law
intentional tort
Minimal scrutiny
Who regulates commercial speech
Common Law
43. Common law rule; acceptance must be made on the same terms as the offer
Assumption of the risk
Collective Responsibility
mirror image rule
revocation
44. Legality; the subject matter must be legal
Mediation
insanity
Step three in filing a civil law suit
third requirement of a contract
45. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.
John Locke
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Concurring Opinion
fifth amendment
46. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; not a binding decision. Voluntary settlement.
misdemeanor
Mediation
Separation of powers
eighth amendment
47. Requires a meeting of the minds
Depositions
agreement
Step four in filing a civil law suit
mirror image rule
48. The documents that begin a lawsuit: consists of the complaint - answer and sometimes a reply
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
Patriot Act
Pleadings
Ethics
49. Reasoning court gives for the holding
Statute
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Rationale
licensee
50. Thurgood Marshall
First African American Justice
Tortious interference with a contract
Equal Protection Clause
Arson