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Business Law Vocab - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed
Incorporation clause
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
regulation of interstate commerce
operation of law
2. A person who volluntarily enters a situation that has an obvious danger cannot complain is he/she is injured
Step one in filing a civil law suit
Assumption of the risk
embezzlement
intentional tort
3. Type of defense; the defendant is incapable of forming mens rea
insanity
Substantial effect rule
fourth amendment
Separation of powers
4. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.
The job of the Rules Committee
fifth amendment
Collective Responsibility
Negligence and strict liability
5. The party filing the appeal
Mail box rule
The job of the Rules Committee
Appellant
Collective Responsibility
6. Sandra Day Oconnor
Takings clause
Fraud
First Woman Justice
The primary drafter of the constitution
7. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.
Ethics
Takings clause
Qualifications for defamation
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
8. When there is no contract - but the defendant makes a promise that will induce reliance. it would be unjust not to enforce the promise
agreement
promissory estoppel
Step two in filing a civil law suit
Who regulates commercial speech
9. Arbitration and Mediation
Appellant
larceny
Request of production of documents and things
Two types of dispute resolution
10. To a committee to be studied; and then debated and voted upon; this is where new amendments can be added.
breach of duty
mens rea
conversion(2)
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
11. Injuries caused by neglect and oversight rather than deliberate conduct.
operation of law
Commercial Exploitation
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Negligence and strict liability
12. Faking car accidents and injury in order to gain a settlement
Insurance Fraud
licensee
Step two in filing a civil law suit
third requirement of a contract
13. 1250
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14. A less serious crime often punishable by less than one year in prison
First Woman Justice
Takings clause
misdemeanor
mens rea
15. Allows the FBI to surveillance citizens with out a search warrant from a judge
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
Patriot Act
Intermediate scrutiny
Dissenting Opinion
16. To the conference committee
embezzlement
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
Current Chief Justice
17. Requires a meeting of the minds
agreement
Concurring Opinion
tort
Procedural due process
18. If a company does not address an insubordinate employee - they become liable
entrapment
negligent retention
fifth amendment
Dicta
19. There was a breach of due care
Pleadings
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Style of a Case
assault
20. A federal statute that applies to the sale of goods (NOT real estate or services)
uniform commercial code
negligent retention
Commercial Exploitation
false imprisonment
21. Collected taxes and helped keep the peace in tenth century England. Equivalent to a modern day Sheriff.
assault
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Shire Reeves
Henry DeBracton
22. They set time limits for debate - decide how fast the law should be deliberated and when the bill goes to the floor for debate.
The job of the Rules Committee
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
First Woman Justice
Dissenting Opinion
23. Malicious use of fire or explosives to damage or destroy real estate or property
Negligence and strict liability
Arson
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Procedural due process
24. The rules committee where it is put on a calendar.
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
Negligence per se
assault
Henry DeBracton
25. FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
Takings clause
mirror image rule
Voir Dire
Who regulates commercial speech
26. Wrote 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
counter offer
Henry DeBracton
Negligence and strict liability
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
27. Judge made law
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
fifth amendment
Common Law
Citation
28. A violation of a duty imposed by a civil law.
misdemeanor
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
tort
first requirement of a contract
29. When the bill is debated to the floor of the house.
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
Who regulates commercial speech
Step one in filing a civil law suit
RICO
30. Law made by federal agencies; rules and regulations
negligent hiring
Administrative Law
Stare Decisis
Rationale
31. Due process or the right to a hearing
conversion(2)
Federalism
fifth amendment
First Woman Justice
32. The process of one party's lawyer to question the other party or a potential witness under oath.
quasi contract
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Depositions
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
33. Capacity; the parties must be adults and mentally competent
Step three in filing a civil law suit
crime burden of proof
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
fourth requirement of a contract
34. Presiding officer (senator)
Intermediate scrutiny
Federal District Court
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
35. Cruel and unusual punishment
Filibuster
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
eighth amendment
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
36. Judges are obligated to follow precedent
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Stare Decisis
Appellee
Fraud
37. Preponderance of the evidence
Defamation
actus reus
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
38. Any scheme that attempts to unlawfully obtain money or services illegally through the US postal service
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
John Locke
Negligence per se
Mail Fraud
39. A defendant engaging in an ultrahazardous activity is virtually always liable for any harm that results
insanity
Malice
strict liability
Assumption of the risk
40. Bottom Line answer
Takings clause
To prove injury the defamation must show...
Holding
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
41. Three.
Shire Reeves
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Negligence and strict liability
Separation of powers
42. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)
first amendment
fifth amendment
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
43. The documents that begin a lawsuit: consists of the complaint - answer and sometimes a reply
Pleadings
Malice
conversion(2)
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
44. The sharing of powers between levels of government
Common Law
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Federalism
What Freedom of speech includes
45. The facts imply that the defendants negligence caused the act; 'the thing speaks for itself'
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Res ipsa loquitor
uniform commercial code
agreement
46. An act of a senate member to delay the close of debate or force a decision to be made.
Filibuster
Bystander's obligation means...
Negligence per se
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
47. An offered can be terminated anytime before the offer has been accepted.
revocation
entrapment
Style of a Case
fourth requirement of a contract
48. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.
Procedural due process
forseeable harm
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
felony
49. Each side may ask the other side to produce relevant documents for inspection and copying.
Negligence per se
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Request of production of documents and things
John Locke
50. Consists of two members of the House of Representatives and two members of the senate; they try to compromise between two edited versions of a bill to make it equal.
conversion(2)
Conference committee
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'