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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. The rules committee where it is put on a calendar.
Tortious interference with a contract
Conference committee
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
2. Preponderance of the evidence
Intermediate scrutiny
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
What Freedom of speech includes
Voir Dire
3. A company becomes liable if they do not perform a background check
Appellant
fourth requirement of a contract
negligent hiring
Writ of Certiorari
4. Factual case
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
mirror image rule
false imprisonment
5. The floor/leadership - where it is debated upon with no time limit.
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
Voir Dire
Medicare fraud
counter offer
6. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
sixth amendment
negligent retention
operation of law
7. Capacity; the parties must be adults and mentally competent
third requirement of a contract
mirror image rule
fourth requirement of a contract
misdemeanor
8. Attorneys ask jurors a set of questions to determine bias
embezzlement
Minimal scrutiny
attractive nuisance
Voir Dire
9. Establishes the idea precendent
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10. Type of tort; taking someone elses property without consent.
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
conversion
intrusion
Step one in filing a civil law suit
11. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.
What Freedom of speech includes
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Collective Responsibility
Citation
12. During the option period of a contract
you cannot revoke an offer...
Depositions
regulation of interstate commerce
fourth requirement of a contract
13. A power granted to congress stating that congress may regulate trade between countries - other states and indian tribes
Legal Issue Presented
Step one in filing a civil law suit
regulation of interstate commerce
attractive nuisance
14. Twelve.
Legal Issue Presented
Res ipsa loquitor
Pocket Veto
Total circuits in the court of appeals
15. (1)statement (2)falseness (3)communicated (4)injury
Veto
mens rea
Qualifications for defamation
Procedural due process
16. A court will imply by conduct that there was an agreement between two parties
Physical and Mental examination
implied contract
coercion
Filibuster
17. 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
larceny
To prove injury the defamation must show...
Common Law
Incorporation clause
18. Forbidding a law to be passed
Negligence
Veto
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
Comparative Fault
19. The process of one party's lawyer to question the other party or a potential witness under oath.
breach of duty
Depositions
Common Law
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
20. Right to an attorney when facing a prison sentence
lible
Intermediate scrutiny
sixth amendment
Step two in filing a civil law suit
21. United States is a party; the case is about a federal statute; the suit is between citizens of two different states and the the amt is over 75 -000
Intermediate scrutiny
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Appellee
tort
22. Forseeable harm
embezzlement
battery
implied contract
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
23. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny
Equal Protection Clause
Collective Responsibility
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
false imprisonment
24. Malicious use of fire or explosives to damage or destroy real estate or property
mens rea
agreement
Arson
Filibuster
25. Requires a meeting of the minds
trespass
The percentage vote to pass a bill
Conference committee
agreement
26. Using false statements or bribes to obtain medicare payments from the federal or state government
Minimal scrutiny
Veto
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Medicare fraud
27. Thurgood Marshall
Tortious interference with a contract
third requirement of a contract
Mail Fraud
First African American Justice
28. A defendant breaches his duty of due care by failing to behave the way a reasonable person would under similar circumstances
breach of duty
trespass
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
eighth amendment
29. Sponsor.
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
precedent
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
30. A person who volluntarily enters a situation that has an obvious danger cannot complain is he/she is injured
Bill
strict liability
Assumption of the risk
Fraud
31. The party opposing the appeal
intrusion
Appellee
Separation of powers
Tortious interference with a contract
32. Lack of opinion - malice as to public figures - negligence to private individuals
To prove injury the defamation must show...
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
Holding
conversion
33. Business tort; intrusion in to someones private life; being a voyeur
intrusion
First African American Justice
agreement
revocation
34. A less serious crime often punishable by less than one year in prison
letters of intent
Strict scrutiny
misdemeanor
Arson
35. Faking car accidents and injury in order to gain a settlement
Insurance Fraud
Assumption of the risk
assault
tort
36. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)
Style of a Case
Filibuster
Negligence per se
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
37. Pretrial motions; motions for a summary judgement; asks the court to resolve a lawsuit before it goes to trial
The job of the Rules Committee
Writ of Certiorari
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Substantial effect rule
38. Each side may ask the other side to produce relevant documents for inspection and copying.
Rationale
Intermediate scrutiny
eighth amendment
Request of production of documents and things
39. 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
Concurring Opinion
RICO
slander
strict liability
40. 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
Rationale
Writ of Certiorari
Comparative Fault
41. Refers to lawsuits; the process of filing claims to courts
Litigation
second requirement of a contract
Federal District Court
Physical and Mental examination
42. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature
Dissenting Opinion
Bill
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
third requirement of a contract
43. Business tort; defendant improperly breached contract and causes injury to plaintiff
Wire Fraud
Tortious interference with a contract
fifth amendment
third requirement of a contract
44. Baron Montesquieu
Filibuster
Common Law
conversion
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
45. No state can deny citizens due process. (14th amendment) this incorporates states to be ruled under the constitution
revocation
fifth amendment
Mail Fraud
Incorporation clause
46. Arbitration and Mediation
Legal Issue Presented
promissory estoppel
Two types of dispute resolution
Intermediate scrutiny
47. Action - print and other expression. Broader than the spoken word
tort
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Depositions
What Freedom of speech includes
48. Type of intentional tort (and crime); injuring someone by deliberate deception
Fraud
Contributory Negligence
agreement
Incorporation clause
49. The sharing of powers between levels of government
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
First Woman Justice
Federalism
tort
50. Talking trash
Legal Issue Presented
Defamation
forseeable harm
conversion