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Business Law Vocab - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed
operation of law
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
RICO
promissory estoppel
2. FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
Rationale
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Commercial Exploitation
Who regulates commercial speech
3. Binding; an offeror cannot withdraw
felony
Mail box rule
Step one in filing a civil law suit
Strict scrutiny
4. Attorneys ask jurors a set of questions to determine bias
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
insanity
crime burden of proof
Voir Dire
5. A less serious crime often punishable by less than one year in prison
misdemeanor
fourth requirement of a contract
crime burden of proof
Current Chief Justice
6. Agreement (offer and acceptance)
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
Style of a Case
felony
first requirement of a contract
7. Sponsor.
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
What is not protected under the first amendment
licensee
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
8. Trial.
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
sixth amendment
Dicta
Step four in filing a civil law suit
9. Written questions that the opposing party must answer in writing under oath
Dissenting Opinion
regulation of interstate commerce
Interrogatories
What is not protected under the first amendment
10. Common law rule; acceptance must be made on the same terms as the offer
Current Chief Justice
Concurring Opinion
mirror image rule
second requirement of a contract
11. They set time limits for debate - decide how fast the law should be deliberated and when the bill goes to the floor for debate.
Assumption of the risk
strict liability
Mail Fraud
The job of the Rules Committee
12. Type of intentional tort; the intentional restraint of another without reasonable cause
Concurring Opinion
false imprisonment
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Where the bill goes after conference committee
13. Requires a meeting of the minds
agreement
tort
crime burden of proof
The primary drafter of the constitution
14. Due process or the right to a hearing
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
fifth amendment
Equal Protection Clause
Conference committee
15. Capacity; the parties must be adults and mentally competent
letters of intent
counter offer
Henry DeBracton
fourth requirement of a contract
16. Fraud using electronic communications of any kind;
Negligence
Wire Fraud
Interrogatories
intentional tort
17. The obligation to decide current cases based on previous rulings.
eighth amendment
precedent
felony
Insurance Fraud
18. Consideration; the bargaining that leads to a deal
embezzlement
second requirement of a contract
trespass
strict liability
19. Allows the FBI to surveillance citizens with out a search warrant from a judge
To prove injury the defamation must show...
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
Patriot Act
20. Bottom Line answer
Substantial effect rule
Statute
Holding
negligent hiring
21. Type of intentional tort; the intentional touching of an individual in a way that is unwarranted or offensive
insanity
battery
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
22. Majority
Assumption of the risk
The percentage vote to pass a bill
misdemeanor
actus reus
23. Laws involving economic and social regulation; laws that regard economic or social status are presumed valid and corporations and people can be classified
Minimal scrutiny
fourth requirement of a contract
coercion
Administrative Law
24. A document filed by the losing party requesting the federal court to appeal a case.
mirror image rule
To prove injury the defamation must show...
Stare Decisis
Writ of Certiorari
25. Termination by simply turning down the offer
Pleadings
Incorporation clause
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
rejection
26. Sandra Day Oconnor
tort
Arson
Fraud
First Woman Justice
27. John Roberts
Current Chief Justice
Wire Fraud
you cannot revoke an offer...
fifth amendment
28. Three.
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Procedural due process
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Total circuits in the court of appeals
29. Injuries caused by neglect and oversight rather than deliberate conduct.
counter offer
entrapment
Negligence and strict liability
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
30. Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
fifth amendment
crime burden of proof
Insurance Fraud
31. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.
Henry DeBracton
Concurring Opinion
negligent hiring
Negligence per se
32. A party may ask the court to order an examination to find out if physical or mental damage is relevant
Physical and Mental examination
counter offer
battery
first requirement of a contract
33. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; not a binding decision. Voluntary settlement.
Pocket Veto
Mediation
Minimal scrutiny
embezzlement
34. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)
forseeable harm
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Negligence per se
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
35. Type of defense; when the government induces the defendant to break the law.
entrapment
fourth amendment
intentional tort
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
36. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation
slander
Negligence per se
quasi contract
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
37. The rules committee where it is put on a calendar.
Arson
Incorporation clause
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
Mediation
38. If the proceedings of a business occur intrastate but will eventually effect proceedings interstate - this rule states that congress may interfere
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
strict liability
Substantial effect rule
John Locke
39. Trial Court
Federal District Court
Veto
The job of the Rules Committee
mens rea
40. When there is no contract - but the defendant makes a promise that will induce reliance. it would be unjust not to enforce the promise
promissory estoppel
negligent retention
counter offer
Voir Dire
41. Malicious use of fire or explosives to damage or destroy real estate or property
Medicare fraud
strict liability
Voir Dire
Arson
42. James Madison - 1789
The primary drafter of the constitution
Tortious interference with a contract
Request of production of documents and things
First African American Justice
43. 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
Rationale
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
breach of duty
larceny
44. Business tort; intrusion in to someones private life; being a voyeur
Depositions
RICO
intrusion
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
45. A law passed by a legislative body
Henry DeBracton
Statute
Mediation
express contract
46. When a law remains untouched on the presidents desk for over 10 days after congress's adjournment
actus reus
Pocket Veto
Request of production of documents and things
RICO
47. The process of one party's lawyer to question the other party or a potential witness under oath.
negligent retention
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Depositions
felony
48. Thurgood Marshall
attractive nuisance
First African American Justice
Mail box rule
John Locke
49. Faking car accidents and injury in order to gain a settlement
Insurance Fraud
false imprisonment
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
The job of the Rules Committee
50. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger
Medicare fraud
Appellant
Concurring Opinion
What is not protected under the first amendment