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Business Law Vocab - 2

Subjects : law, business-law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Fraud using electronic communications of any kind;






2. When there is no contract - but the defendant makes a promise that will induce reliance. it would be unjust not to enforce the promise






3. Type of intentional tort; an act that makes a person fear imminent battery






4. The facts imply that the defendants negligence caused the act; 'the thing speaks for itself'






5. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; issues a binding decision.






6. Type of defense; the defendant is incapable of forming mens rea






7. Refers to lawsuits; the process of filing claims to courts






8. Collected taxes and helped keep the peace in tenth century England. Equivalent to a modern day Sheriff.






9. A less serious crime often punishable by less than one year in prison






10. Trial.






11. 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






12. Life - Liberty - Property






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






14. Freedom of speech.






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






16. Type of intentnional tort; intentionally entering land that belongs to someone else or remaining on land after being asked to leave






17. Gender related; such laws must be substantially related to important government objectives. (gov't cant discriminate based on gender through the law making process)






18. The sharing of powers between levels of government






19. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature






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






21. Someone on the property by right of a public place. highest duty of due care is owed to avoid negligence






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






23. Type of intent to be proved; means the guilty act






24. Injuries caused by neglect and oversight rather than deliberate conduct.






25. A law passed by a legislative body






26. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny






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






28. System of checks and balances within the federal government






29. James Madison - 1789






30. Nine.






31. Type of defense; when the government induces the defendant to break the law.






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






33. A subtype of rejection






34. A violation of a duty imposed by a civil law.






35. Establishes the idea precendent


36. No unreasonable searches or seizures






37. Agreement (offer and acceptance)






38. 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.






39. Three.






40. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed






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






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


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






44. The process of one party's lawyer to question the other party or a potential witness under oath.






45. A document filed by the losing party requesting the federal court to appeal a case.






46. Type of defamation tort; written defamation






47. A person who volluntarily enters a situation that has an obvious danger cannot complain is he/she is injured






48. Binding; an offeror cannot withdraw






49. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)






50. If the proceedings of a business occur intrastate but will eventually effect proceedings interstate - this rule states that congress may interfere