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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Bill
Takings clause
promissory estoppel
2. Lack of opinion - malice as to public figures - negligence to private individuals
implied contract
Current Chief Justice
Contributory Negligence
To prove injury the defamation must show...
3. (1)misrepresentation (2)concealment with the intent to take advantage of someone; deception of a person for the purpose of obtaining money or property
Fraud
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
misdemeanor
Appellant
4. Forbidding a law to be passed
Veto
negligent hiring
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Takings clause
5. Punishable by a prison sentence of one year or more
felony
invitee
Appellee
Bill of Right
6. Faking car accidents and injury in order to gain a settlement
Stare Decisis
battery
first requirement of a contract
Insurance Fraud
7. No unreasonable searches or seizures
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
fourth amendment
Pocket Veto
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
8. Presiding officer (senator)
uniform commercial code
Conference committee
Strict scrutiny
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
9. Establishes the idea precendent
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10. Injuries caused by neglect and oversight rather than deliberate conduct.
Comparative Fault
Intermediate scrutiny
Negligence and strict liability
Style of a Case
11. The party filing the appeal
Physical and Mental examination
Fraud
Appellant
Federalism
12. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Bill
Contributory Negligence
intrusion
13. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.
Legal Issue Presented
forseeable harm
Style of a Case
coercion
14. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger
Federalism
Dissenting Opinion
What is not protected under the first amendment
false imprisonment
15. Baron Montesquieu
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
fourth amendment
forseeable harm
agreement
16. Twelve.
breach of duty
counter offer
Total circuits in the court of appeals
Patriot Act
17. Type of intentional tort; the intentional restraint of another without reasonable cause
invitee
implied contract
false imprisonment
Fraud
18. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.
Administrative Law
Federalism
Concurring Opinion
eighth amendment
19. Discovery phase: chance for the party to learn about its opponent.
intrusion
crime burden of proof
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Step two in filing a civil law suit
20. Procedures for academic dismissal or dismissal from a government job
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
slander
Procedural due process
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
21. Common law rule; acceptance must be made on the same terms as the offer
mirror image rule
actus reus
Appellant
Where the bill goes after conference committee
22. An act of a senate member to delay the close of debate or force a decision to be made.
battery
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Contributory Negligence
Filibuster
23. Type of intentional tort; an act that makes a person fear imminent battery
Strict scrutiny
assault
felony
Voir Dire
24. Law made by federal agencies; rules and regulations
Holding
Pocket Veto
Dicta
Administrative Law
25. A defendant engaging in an ultrahazardous activity is virtually always liable for any harm that results
Physical and Mental examination
strict liability
Negligence per se
fifth amendment
26. 2/3 vote
Current Chief Justice
assault
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Arbitration
27. Type of business crime; taking or using someones property
Filibuster
conversion(2)
Dicta
Substantial effect rule
28. A law passed by a legislative body
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
eighth amendment
Incorporation clause
Statute
29. A party may ask the court to order an examination to find out if physical or mental damage is relevant
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
Arbitration
Physical and Mental examination
operation of law
30. Trial Court
Federal District Court
conversion(2)
Physical and Mental examination
Comparative Fault
31. Due process or the right to a hearing
breach of duty
fifth amendment
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
32. Sandra Day Oconnor
First Woman Justice
larceny
Depositions
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
33. Attorneys ask jurors a set of questions to determine bias
sixth amendment
Voir Dire
Mail box rule
Style of a Case
34. Sponsor.
precedent
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
coercion
Fraud
35. The process of one party's lawyer to question the other party or a potential witness under oath.
intentional tort
Depositions
letters of intent
Ethics
36. Forseeable harm
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Where the bill goes after conference committee
invitee
Bill of Right
37. 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
Dissenting Opinion
fifth amendment
Bystander's obligation means...
38. The defendant (defamer) knew the statement was false or acted with reckless disregard to the truth
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
trespass
Malice
first amendment
39. Complaint and summons are served to defendant; answer is provided within 30 days
Negligence per se
Step one in filing a civil law suit
insanity
Strict scrutiny
40. The facts imply that the defendants negligence caused the act; 'the thing speaks for itself'
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Bystander's obligation means...
Res ipsa loquitor
Common Law
41. Nine.
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Appellant
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
operation of law
42. Consideration; the bargaining that leads to a deal
Common Law
second requirement of a contract
false imprisonment
Contributory Negligence
43. There was a breach of due care
misdemeanor
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Conference committee
Where the bill goes after conference committee
44. Judge made law; based on precedent - which leads to stare decisis
Common Law
Medicare fraud
Two types of dispute resolution
second requirement of a contract
45. 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.
Conference committee
Malice
Concurring Opinion
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
46. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.
Collective Responsibility
Strict scrutiny
fourth requirement of a contract
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
47. They set time limits for debate - decide how fast the law should be deliberated and when the bill goes to the floor for debate.
Physical and Mental examination
Mediation
The job of the Rules Committee
Concurring Opinion
48. Agreement (offer and acceptance)
first requirement of a contract
To prove injury the defamation must show...
Step three in filing a civil law suit
larceny
49. FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
Stare Decisis
Holding
operation of law
Who regulates commercial speech
50. A document filed by the losing party requesting the federal court to appeal a case.
breach of duty
Procedural due process
Writ of Certiorari
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...