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Business Law Vocab - 2

Subjects : law, business-law
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1. Twelve.






2. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible






3. Type of intentional tort (and crime); injuring someone by deliberate deception






4. States who is suing who. Identifies parties.






5. 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






6. The study of how people ought to act; does not always mean legal.






7. The floor/leadership - where it is debated upon with no time limit.






8. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger






9. Sponsor.






10. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.






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






12. The sharing of powers between levels of government






13. Reference code; label for looking the case up






14. Type of intentional tort; the intentional restraint of another without reasonable cause






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






16. Three.






17. Discovery phase: chance for the party to learn about its opponent.






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






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






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






21. Binding; an offeror cannot withdraw






22. Forbidding a law to be passed






23. 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






24. A federal statute that applies to the sale of goods (NOT real estate or services)






25. Action - print and other expression. Broader than the spoken word






26. The defendant (defamer) knew the statement was false or acted with reckless disregard to the truth






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






28. James Madison - 1789






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






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






31. Trial Court






32. A contract put in writing laying out all of the terms






33. No state can deny citizens due process. (14th amendment) this incorporates states to be ruled under the constitution






34. (1)misrepresentation (2)concealment with the intent to take advantage of someone; deception of a person for the purpose of obtaining money or property






35. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.






36. Due process or the right to a hearing






37. Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt






38. An offered can be terminated anytime before the offer has been accepted.






39. Wrote 'On the Laws and Customs of England'






40. Each side may ask the other side to produce relevant documents for inspection and copying.






41. No unreasonable searches or seizures






42. They set time limits for debate - decide how fast the law should be deliberated and when the bill goes to the floor for debate.






43. You have no duty to assist someone in peril unless you created the danger

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






45. Majority






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






47. The documents that begin a lawsuit: consists of the complaint - answer and sometimes a reply






48. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation






49. Faking car accidents and injury in order to gain a settlement






50. It must be voted on and approved by both houses and then approved by the president. then it is a law