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Business Law Vocab - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A power granted to congress stating that congress may regulate trade between countries - other states and indian tribes
regulation of interstate commerce
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
coercion
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
2. United States is a party; the case is about a federal statute; the suit is between citizens of two different states and the the amt is over 75 -000
Insurance Fraud
rejection
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Veto
3. Type of business crime; the fraudulent conversion of property already in the defendants posession.
Defamation
embezzlement
agreement
lible
4. Discovery phase: chance for the party to learn about its opponent.
Step two in filing a civil law suit
Substantial effect rule
letters of intent
intentional tort
5. John Roberts
first requirement of a contract
larceny
Current Chief Justice
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
6. No state can deny citizens due process. (14th amendment) this incorporates states to be ruled under the constitution
negligent retention
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Ethics
Incorporation clause
7. If the plaintiff is even slightly negligent he/she recovers nothing
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
lible
Administrative Law
Contributory Negligence
8. 2/3 vote
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
regulation of interstate commerce
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
9. The obligation to decide current cases based on previous rulings.
actus reus
precedent
Ethics
Defamation
10. Forseeable harm
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
11. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.
Concurring Opinion
Step two in filing a civil law suit
Mail Fraud
Common Law
12. Harm caused by a deliberate action
First African American Justice
intentional tort
Collective Responsibility
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
13. Items such as trampolines and swimming pools; defendant is liable if there is no protection
Depositions
implied contract
Conference committee
attractive nuisance
14. A court will imply by conduct that there was an agreement between two parties
revocation
implied contract
Bill of Right
RICO
15. Allows the FBI to surveillance citizens with out a search warrant from a judge
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Patriot Act
Wire Fraud
uniform commercial code
16. Using two or more racketeering acts to accomplish any of the following goals: (1) investing or acquiring legitimate businesses with criminal money (2)maintaining or acquiring businesses through criminal activity
RICO
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
fourth requirement of a contract
Request of production of documents and things
17. Malicious use of fire or explosives to damage or destroy real estate or property
Arson
Res ipsa loquitor
Mail box rule
Fraud
18. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed
regulation of interstate commerce
operation of law
lible
Equal Protection Clause
19. Trial Court
Statute
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Federal District Court
Henry DeBracton
20. The rules committee where it is put on a calendar.
Rationale
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
first amendment
Intermediate scrutiny
21. Sandra Day Oconnor
Stare Decisis
First Woman Justice
Assumption of the risk
Voir Dire
22. No unreasonable searches or seizures
Patriot Act
Res ipsa loquitor
fourth amendment
implied contract
23. Complaint and summons are served to defendant; answer is provided within 30 days
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Step one in filing a civil law suit
felony
fifth amendment
24. Using false statements or bribes to obtain medicare payments from the federal or state government
Two types of dispute resolution
Medicare fraud
Fraud
licensee
25. The facts imply that the defendants negligence caused the act; 'the thing speaks for itself'
conversion(2)
Minimal scrutiny
Res ipsa loquitor
Incorporation clause
26. States who is suing who. Identifies parties.
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Style of a Case
27. Lack of opinion - malice as to public figures - negligence to private individuals
mens rea
What Freedom of speech includes
fourth amendment
To prove injury the defamation must show...
28. The party opposing the appeal
Current Chief Justice
operation of law
Appellee
Legal Issue Presented
29. Reference code; label for looking the case up
Citation
Bill of Right
Conference committee
Total circuits in the court of appeals
30. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; not a binding decision. Voluntary settlement.
Mediation
What Freedom of speech includes
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
breach of duty
31. Freedom of speech.
agreement
first amendment
Negligence and strict liability
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
32. You have no duty to assist someone in peril unless you created the danger
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33. The floor/leadership - where it is debated upon with no time limit.
strict liability
Medicare fraud
Current Chief Justice
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
34. Forbidding a law to be passed
Supremacy clause
Concurring Opinion
eighth amendment
Veto
35. Judges who disagree with the majority holding; states their opposing opinion
battery
Interrogatories
Dissenting Opinion
licensee
36. Article I - Section 8
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37. Bottom Line answer
actus reus
Intermediate scrutiny
Assumption of the risk
Holding
38. Language added to a court's opinion that is beyond what is needed; extra words offered as guidance
Interrogatories
Dicta
Mail Fraud
third requirement of a contract
39. Refers to lawsuits; the process of filing claims to courts
Litigation
battery
Mediation
Bill of Right
40. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny
Equal Protection Clause
conversion(2)
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
lible
41. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.
Conference committee
fifth amendment
Res ipsa loquitor
forseeable harm
42. The sharing of powers between levels of government
Federalism
RICO
Mediation
coercion
43. Injury
RICO
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Federal District Court
Insurance Fraud
44. Agreement (offer and acceptance)
First African American Justice
third requirement of a contract
Assumption of the risk
first requirement of a contract
45. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; issues a binding decision.
Fraud
slander
Two types of dispute resolution
Arbitration
46. Binding; an offeror cannot withdraw
Mail box rule
Res ipsa loquitor
invitee
fifth amendment
47. Gender related; such laws must be substantially related to important government objectives. (gov't cant discriminate based on gender through the law making process)
For a bill to pass...
First Woman Justice
Intermediate scrutiny
Who regulates commercial speech
48. Type of intent to be proved; means the guilty act
actus reus
sixth amendment
felony
mirror image rule
49. 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.
Conference committee
actus reus
false imprisonment
Statute
50. Trial.
Separation of powers
third requirement of a contract
Step four in filing a civil law suit
insanity