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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. The process of one party's lawyer to question the other party or a potential witness under oath.
Arbitration
conversion(2)
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
Depositions
2. Procedures for academic dismissal or dismissal from a government job
Henry DeBracton
Procedural due process
Comparative Fault
assault
3. Cruel and unusual punishment
eighth amendment
Step one in filing a civil law suit
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Where the bill goes after conference committee
4. There is an established duty of due care
Voir Dire
Contributory Negligence
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
5. A defendant breaches his duty of due care by failing to behave the way a reasonable person would under similar circumstances
Dicta
attractive nuisance
breach of duty
The primary drafter of the constitution
6. A contract put in writing laying out all of the terms
Federalism
Equal Protection Clause
Negligence
express contract
7. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.
Ethics
Appellant
Collective Responsibility
larceny
8. An act of a senate member to delay the close of debate or force a decision to be made.
Legal Issue Presented
Procedural due process
conversion
Filibuster
9. Aricle IV section 2 of the constitution that states that the constitution and the united States are the laws of the land. Federal government trumps state law
Procedural due process
counter offer
Mediation
Supremacy clause
10. Race - ethincity and fundamental rights; Any government action that intentionally discriminates against racial or ethnic minorities or interferes with a fundamental right is presumed invalid.
Strict scrutiny
Dissenting Opinion
The job of the Rules Committee
Who regulates commercial speech
11. Discovery phase: chance for the party to learn about its opponent.
The primary drafter of the constitution
Step two in filing a civil law suit
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Appellant
12. Faking car accidents and injury in order to gain a settlement
RICO
operation of law
Insurance Fraud
Mail Fraud
13. Due process or the right to a hearing
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
fifth amendment
Physical and Mental examination
Federal District Court
14. Freedom of speech.
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
conversion(2)
embezzlement
first amendment
15. Type of intent to be proved; means a guilty state of mind
mens rea
Ethics
Statute
Bill of Right
16. (1)misrepresentation (2)concealment with the intent to take advantage of someone; deception of a person for the purpose of obtaining money or property
Fraud
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
Procedural due process
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
17. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed
Who regulates commercial speech
operation of law
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
coercion
18. It must be voted on and approved by both houses and then approved by the president. then it is a law
The primary drafter of the constitution
For a bill to pass...
Writ of Certiorari
Rationale
19. Establishes the idea precendent
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20. A court will imply by conduct that there was an agreement between two parties
larceny
Mail box rule
coercion
implied contract
21. Legality; the subject matter must be legal
insanity
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
crime burden of proof
third requirement of a contract
22. 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
Intermediate scrutiny
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
forseeable harm
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
23. Factual case
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
eighth amendment
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
insanity
24. Trial Court
Federal District Court
Takings clause
promissory estoppel
Depositions
25. Injury
John Locke
Writ of Certiorari
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Negligence
26. An offered can be terminated anytime before the offer has been accepted.
revocation
Tortious interference with a contract
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Arson
27. James Madison - 1789
For a bill to pass...
The primary drafter of the constitution
Fraud
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
28. Fraud using electronic communications of any kind;
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
Physical and Mental examination
Wire Fraud
Fraud
29. Type of intentional tort; the intentional touching of an individual in a way that is unwarranted or offensive
precedent
battery
Step three in filing a civil law suit
What Freedom of speech includes
30. Talking trash
Mediation
Holding
tort
Defamation
31. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny
Takings clause
Henry DeBracton
revocation
Equal Protection Clause
32. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; not a binding decision. Voluntary settlement.
Mediation
negligent retention
Filibuster
RICO
33. Business tort; defendant improperly breached contract and causes injury to plaintiff
Interrogatories
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
Tortious interference with a contract
Conference committee
34. To a committee to be studied; and then debated and voted upon; this is where new amendments can be added.
Tortious interference with a contract
Stare Decisis
RICO
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
35. Twelve.
Total circuits in the court of appeals
Rationale
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
insanity
36. The legal question that is posed in a case
first amendment
Voir Dire
Legal Issue Presented
Fraud
37. Wrote 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Dissenting Opinion
second requirement of a contract
Legal Issue Presented
Henry DeBracton
38. The sharing of powers between levels of government
Patriot Act
Ethics
Concurring Opinion
Federalism
39. First 10 amendments of the constitution; Compromise between federalist and antifederalists; Protects natural rights of liberty and property
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
battery
Interrogatories
Bill of Right
40. Type of tort; taking someone elses property without consent.
Negligence per se
conversion
The job of the Rules Committee
Statute
41. To the conference committee
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
Common Law
Arson
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
42. Article I - Section 8
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43. No state can deny citizens due process. (14th amendment) this incorporates states to be ruled under the constitution
battery
Contributory Negligence
intrusion
Incorporation clause
44. Baron Montesquieu
actus reus
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Appellant
mirror image rule
45. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.
Medicare fraud
Concurring Opinion
Ethics
Current Chief Justice
46. Attorneys ask jurors a set of questions to determine bias
Physical and Mental examination
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
Voir Dire
Medicare fraud
47. A company becomes liable if they do not perform a background check
Mail Fraud
Henry DeBracton
negligent hiring
Takings clause
48. Type of defense; the defendant is incapable of forming mens rea
conversion(2)
Federalism
Rationale
insanity
49. Binding; an offeror cannot withdraw
For a bill to pass...
Mail box rule
actus reus
you cannot revoke an offer...
50. Agreement (offer and acceptance)
negligent retention
Defamation
Mail box rule
first requirement of a contract