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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. Type of defense; the practice of forcing another party to behave in an involuntary manner (whether through action or inaction) by use of threats or rewards
Intermediate scrutiny
Veto
coercion
What is not protected under the first amendment
2. The party filing the appeal
fourth requirement of a contract
Appellee
Appellant
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
3. Factual case
fifth amendment
you cannot revoke an offer...
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Bill
4. Sandra Day Oconnor
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
Comparative Fault
Defamation
First Woman Justice
5. Preponderance of the evidence
assault
John Locke
Fraud
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
6. Type of defense; the defendant is incapable of forming mens rea
Substantial effect rule
Negligence
insanity
Contributory Negligence
7. Any scheme that attempts to unlawfully obtain money or services illegally through the US postal service
Mail Fraud
Depositions
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
8. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger
John Locke
negligent retention
What is not protected under the first amendment
Filibuster
9. 1250
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10. A subtype of rejection
Shire Reeves
Common Law
Medicare fraud
counter offer
11. Right to an attorney when facing a prison sentence
sixth amendment
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Negligence and strict liability
Qualifications for defamation
12. A violation of a duty imposed by a civil law.
John Locke
tort
Assumption of the risk
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
13. Using false statements or bribes to obtain medicare payments from the federal or state government
second requirement of a contract
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
Medicare fraud
Citation
14. An offered can be terminated anytime before the offer has been accepted.
larceny
promissory estoppel
revocation
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
15. Arbitration and Mediation
Two types of dispute resolution
Total circuits in the court of appeals
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
What Freedom of speech includes
16. When a law remains untouched on the presidents desk for over 10 days after congress's adjournment
Pocket Veto
quasi contract
The job of the Rules Committee
fourth amendment
17. A person who volluntarily enters a situation that has an obvious danger cannot complain is he/she is injured
expiration
Citation
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
Assumption of the risk
18. Cruel and unusual punishment
eighth amendment
Comparative Fault
Procedural due process
Res ipsa loquitor
19. If a company does not address an insubordinate employee - they become liable
For a bill to pass...
actus reus
Current Chief Justice
negligent retention
20. Punishable by a prison sentence of one year or more
John Locke
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
larceny
felony
21. Article I - Section 8
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22. A contract put in writing laying out all of the terms
you cannot revoke an offer...
fourth requirement of a contract
express contract
larceny
23. Nine.
uniform commercial code
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Negligence and strict liability
Negligence
24. System of checks and balances within the federal government
Patriot Act
Separation of powers
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Tortious interference with a contract
25. A court will imply by conduct that there was an agreement between two parties
John Locke
implied contract
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Who regulates commercial speech
26. Type of defamation tort; written defamation
entrapment
lible
forseeable harm
Veto
27. Judge made law
breach of duty
fifth amendment
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Common Law
28. Type of business crime; the fraudulent conversion of property already in the defendants posession.
quasi contract
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Arbitration
embezzlement
29. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible
letters of intent
Comparative Fault
crime burden of proof
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
30. Fraud using electronic communications of any kind;
Pocket Veto
Commercial Exploitation
First African American Justice
Wire Fraud
31. Judges who disagree with the majority holding; states their opposing opinion
operation of law
Legal Issue Presented
Dissenting Opinion
quasi contract
32. Type of intentional tort; an act that makes a person fear imminent battery
Ethics
letters of intent
assault
Total circuits in the court of appeals
33. Refers to lawsuits; the process of filing claims to courts
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Litigation
Style of a Case
first requirement of a contract
34. Agreement (offer and acceptance)
conversion(2)
first requirement of a contract
conversion
Step three in filing a civil law suit
35. Majority
Procedural due process
The percentage vote to pass a bill
felony
Dissenting Opinion
36. Injury
Ethics
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Contributory Negligence
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
37. The legal question that is posed in a case
intrusion
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Legal Issue Presented
you cannot revoke an offer...
38. James Madison - 1789
The primary drafter of the constitution
What is not protected under the first amendment
Equal Protection Clause
Comparative Fault
39. Someone on the property by right of a public place. highest duty of due care is owed to avoid negligence
Holding
fourth amendment
insanity
invitee
40. It must be voted on and approved by both houses and then approved by the president. then it is a law
For a bill to pass...
Henry DeBracton
eighth amendment
Mediation
41. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.
Bystander's obligation means...
rejection
Concurring Opinion
Mediation
42. Bottom Line answer
express contract
Takings clause
Holding
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
43. The defendant (defamer) knew the statement was false or acted with reckless disregard to the truth
operation of law
Malice
Takings clause
negligent hiring
44. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature
Insurance Fraud
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Bill
What Freedom of speech includes
45. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.
intrusion
Collective Responsibility
Common Law
Minimal scrutiny
46. A party may ask the court to order an examination to find out if physical or mental damage is relevant
Citation
precedent
Physical and Mental examination
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
47. If the plaintiff is even slightly negligent he/she recovers nothing
Contributory Negligence
Tortious interference with a contract
To prove injury the defamation must show...
Voir Dire
48. No state can deny citizens due process. (14th amendment) this incorporates states to be ruled under the constitution
Incorporation clause
Separation of powers
Patriot Act
second requirement of a contract
49. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.
Medicare fraud
Bill
Takings clause
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
50. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.
Step four in filing a civil law suit
tort
forseeable harm
Citation