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Business Law Vocab - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Faking car accidents and injury in order to gain a settlement
Citation
Insurance Fraud
Federalism
fourth amendment
2. Type of intentional tort; the intentional restraint of another without reasonable cause
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
false imprisonment
fifth amendment
crime burden of proof
3. Twelve.
misdemeanor
Shire Reeves
Appellee
Total circuits in the court of appeals
4. When the bill is debated to the floor of the house.
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
agreement
Medicare fraud
Voir Dire
5. Reference code; label for looking the case up
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
What Freedom of speech includes
Step two in filing a civil law suit
Citation
6. Capacity; the parties must be adults and mentally competent
fourth requirement of a contract
Statute
Concurring Opinion
letters of intent
7. Nine.
Mail Fraud
conversion(2)
Federalism
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
8. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.
Takings clause
larceny
Legal Issue Presented
Who regulates commercial speech
9. Presiding officer (senator)
Bill
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
licensee
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
10. Legality; the subject matter must be legal
First African American Justice
Step four in filing a civil law suit
third requirement of a contract
slander
11. Talking trash
quasi contract
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Defamation
Wire Fraud
12. Type of defamation tort; written defamation
Rationale
lible
Voir Dire
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
13. Business tort; defendant improperly breached contract and causes injury to plaintiff
Tortious interference with a contract
Procedural due process
Patriot Act
Collective Responsibility
14. You have no duty to assist someone in peril unless you created the danger
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15. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger
What is not protected under the first amendment
The primary drafter of the constitution
Common Law
What Freedom of speech includes
16. A federal statute that applies to the sale of goods (NOT real estate or services)
Supremacy clause
Malice
uniform commercial code
Procedural due process
17. To the president.
First Woman Justice
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Dissenting Opinion
trespass
18. First 10 amendments of the constitution; Compromise between federalist and antifederalists; Protects natural rights of liberty and property
First African American Justice
Step one in filing a civil law suit
Bill of Right
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
19. Judge made law
Negligence per se
Step two in filing a civil law suit
Mail Fraud
Common Law
20. Language added to a court's opinion that is beyond what is needed; extra words offered as guidance
Commercial Exploitation
first amendment
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
Dicta
21. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation
Mediation
slander
Dissenting Opinion
coercion
22. Business tort; intrusion in to someones private life; being a voyeur
Mediation
Equal Protection Clause
Arson
intrusion
23. A party may ask the court to order an examination to find out if physical or mental damage is relevant
insanity
Two types of dispute resolution
Physical and Mental examination
Henry DeBracton
24. A power granted to congress stating that congress may regulate trade between countries - other states and indian tribes
Litigation
regulation of interstate commerce
What is not protected under the first amendment
Common Law
25. The legal question that is posed in a case
Equal Protection Clause
third requirement of a contract
Legal Issue Presented
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
26. A defendant engaging in an ultrahazardous activity is virtually always liable for any harm that results
Depositions
Defamation
first requirement of a contract
strict liability
27. Judges who disagree with the majority holding; states their opposing opinion
Dissenting Opinion
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
counter offer
Pleadings
28. Reasoning court gives for the holding
Rationale
For a bill to pass...
Mediation
agreement
29. The study of how people ought to act; does not always mean legal.
Ethics
Pocket Veto
Stare Decisis
quasi contract
30. Wrote 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Henry DeBracton
Bill
fifth amendment
letters of intent
31. Binding; an offeror cannot withdraw
Arson
Request of production of documents and things
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
Mail box rule
32. The floor/leadership - where it is debated upon with no time limit.
Supremacy clause
Depositions
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
breach of duty
33. Freedom of speech.
first amendment
Common Law
Mail Fraud
Incorporation clause
34. No state can deny citizens due process. (14th amendment) this incorporates states to be ruled under the constitution
Incorporation clause
operation of law
strict liability
For a bill to pass...
35. A letter that summarizes the negotiating progress
eighth amendment
breach of duty
letters of intent
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
36. Using false statements or bribes to obtain medicare payments from the federal or state government
Mail Fraud
express contract
eighth amendment
Medicare fraud
37. 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.
first amendment
Conference committee
Writ of Certiorari
revocation
38. The party filing the appeal
Appellant
Depositions
crime burden of proof
agreement
39. Type of business crime; taking or using someones property
trespass
regulation of interstate commerce
slander
conversion(2)
40. Three.
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Appellee
misdemeanor
Veto
41. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.
Concurring Opinion
slander
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
second requirement of a contract
42. 2/3 vote
insanity
Litigation
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
slander
43. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)
fifth amendment
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
negligent hiring
Depositions
44. The documents that begin a lawsuit: consists of the complaint - answer and sometimes a reply
Bill of Right
RICO
licensee
Pleadings
45. No unreasonable searches or seizures
fourth amendment
negligent hiring
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
Total circuits in the court of appeals
46. Trial Court
Comparative Fault
Insurance Fraud
conversion(2)
Federal District Court
47. The facts imply that the defendants negligence caused the act; 'the thing speaks for itself'
actus reus
Fraud
Res ipsa loquitor
regulation of interstate commerce
48. Business tort; using someones likeness or voice without their permission.
Commercial Exploitation
larceny
Common Law
For a bill to pass...
49. James Madison - 1789
agreement
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
The primary drafter of the constitution
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
50. Baron Montesquieu
first amendment
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
First African American Justice
The percentage vote to pass a bill