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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. Sponsor.
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
trespass
crime burden of proof
Federalism
2. The obligation to decide current cases based on previous rulings.
Substantial effect rule
Depositions
agreement
precedent
3. Injuries caused by neglect and oversight rather than deliberate conduct.
Procedural due process
letters of intent
Minimal scrutiny
Negligence and strict liability
4. The party filing the appeal
Appellant
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
tort
agreement
5. Written questions that the opposing party must answer in writing under oath
Wire Fraud
rejection
To prove injury the defamation must show...
Interrogatories
6. A party may ask the court to order an examination to find out if physical or mental damage is relevant
negligent retention
misdemeanor
rejection
Physical and Mental examination
7. Thurgood Marshall
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Federalism
Concurring Opinion
First African American Justice
8. Presiding officer (senator)
Current Chief Justice
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Stare Decisis
9. First 10 amendments of the constitution; Compromise between federalist and antifederalists; Protects natural rights of liberty and property
third requirement of a contract
Federal District Court
Bill of Right
expiration
10. The defendant (defamer) knew the statement was false or acted with reckless disregard to the truth
Contributory Negligence
John Locke
What Freedom of speech includes
Malice
11. Type of intentional tort; an act that makes a person fear imminent battery
assault
Physical and Mental examination
expiration
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
12. FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
entrapment
Statute
fourth requirement of a contract
Who regulates commercial speech
13. (1)statement (2)falseness (3)communicated (4)injury
Strict scrutiny
Qualifications for defamation
invitee
counter offer
14. 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...
Filibuster
To prove injury the defamation must show...
Insurance Fraud
15. When a law remains untouched on the presidents desk for over 10 days after congress's adjournment
Pocket Veto
slander
Procedural due process
Mediation
16. Gender related; such laws must be substantially related to important government objectives. (gov't cant discriminate based on gender through the law making process)
larceny
Step one in filing a civil law suit
intentional tort
Intermediate scrutiny
17. Business tort; intrusion in to someones private life; being a voyeur
intentional tort
intrusion
RICO
third requirement of a contract
18. Type of intent to be proved; means the guilty act
actus reus
Negligence
Malice
felony
19. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger
fifth amendment
John Locke
mens rea
What is not protected under the first amendment
20. Injury
assault
mirror image rule
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Style of a Case
21. A letter that summarizes the negotiating progress
letters of intent
Where the bill goes after conference committee
promissory estoppel
Dissenting Opinion
22. A person who is on your property with your permission; you owe them a higher duty of due care to warn of known dangers
John Locke
licensee
uniform commercial code
Arson
23. Punishable by a prison sentence of one year or more
felony
lible
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
assault
24. If a company does not address an insubordinate employee - they become liable
negligent retention
Mail box rule
Citation
Collective Responsibility
25. A contract put in writing laying out all of the terms
express contract
assault
Veto
negligent retention
26. A power granted to congress stating that congress may regulate trade between countries - other states and indian tribes
Negligence
precedent
letters of intent
regulation of interstate commerce
27. Action - print and other expression. Broader than the spoken word
What Freedom of speech includes
express contract
Strict scrutiny
Tortious interference with a contract
28. Nine.
slander
invitee
express contract
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
29. John Roberts
Filibuster
Insurance Fraud
Pleadings
Current Chief Justice
30. Baron Montesquieu
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Mail box rule
fourth amendment
invitee
31. Type of defense; the defendant is incapable of forming mens rea
Negligence per se
insanity
first requirement of a contract
mirror image rule
32. Reference code; label for looking the case up
Citation
Defamation
Step three in filing a civil law suit
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
33. Agreement (offer and acceptance)
Strict scrutiny
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
To prove injury the defamation must show...
first requirement of a contract
34. A less serious crime often punishable by less than one year in prison
misdemeanor
The job of the Rules Committee
Total circuits in the court of appeals
Pocket Veto
35. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)
misdemeanor
Filibuster
Negligence per se
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
36. The party opposing the appeal
Appellee
mirror image rule
Pleadings
Federal District Court
37. 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
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Comparative Fault
larceny
Federal District Court
38. Termination by simply turning down the offer
Step two in filing a civil law suit
Veto
rejection
Equal Protection Clause
39. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation
slander
forseeable harm
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
conversion
40. The rules committee where it is put on a calendar.
Bill of Right
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
mirror image rule
Separation of powers
41. A subtype of rejection
Negligence and strict liability
agreement
counter offer
Voir Dire
42. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.
counter offer
Collective Responsibility
First Woman Justice
Pleadings
43. Right to an attorney when facing a prison sentence
Two types of dispute resolution
sixth amendment
RICO
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
44. A court will imply by conduct that there was an agreement between two parties
Mail Fraud
implied contract
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Rationale
45. There is no intention to a contract but the plaintiff gives some benefit to the defendant who knows the plaintiff expects compensation. it would be unjust not to award the damages.
embezzlement
quasi contract
Substantial effect rule
regulation of interstate commerce
46. The facts imply that the defendants negligence caused the act; 'the thing speaks for itself'
expiration
Appellant
Res ipsa loquitor
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
47. 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
coercion
Total circuits in the court of appeals
Qualifications for defamation
First Woman Justice
48. Discovery phase: chance for the party to learn about its opponent.
Step two in filing a civil law suit
Shire Reeves
Citation
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
49. When the bill is debated to the floor of the house.
uniform commercial code
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
RICO
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
50. (1)misrepresentation (2)concealment with the intent to take advantage of someone; deception of a person for the purpose of obtaining money or property
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
first amendment
fourth requirement of a contract
Fraud