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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. Injuries caused by neglect and oversight rather than deliberate conduct.
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Negligence and strict liability
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
The job of the Rules Committee
2. Talking trash
eighth amendment
Step one in filing a civil law suit
Fraud
Defamation
3. There is no intention to a contract but the plaintiff gives some benefit to the defendant who knows the plaintiff expects compensation. it would be unjust not to award the damages.
fifth amendment
quasi contract
fourth requirement of a contract
Current Chief Justice
4. Type of intentional tort; the intentional restraint of another without reasonable cause
Current Chief Justice
Collective Responsibility
you cannot revoke an offer...
false imprisonment
5. Injury
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
Step one in filing a civil law suit
Substantial effect rule
6. System of checks and balances within the federal government
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
uniform commercial code
fifth amendment
Separation of powers
7. Type of intentional tort; an act that makes a person fear imminent battery
Ethics
Takings clause
John Locke
assault
8. Trial Court
Strict scrutiny
Fraud
Assumption of the risk
Federal District Court
9. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)
promissory estoppel
Tortious interference with a contract
fifth amendment
actus reus
10. There is an established duty of due care
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Step three in filing a civil law suit
coercion
operation of law
11. Type of defamation tort; written defamation
operation of law
lible
licensee
Malice
12. Nine.
misdemeanor
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
What is not protected under the first amendment
13. Right to an attorney when facing a prison sentence
What is not protected under the first amendment
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
sixth amendment
lible
14. No unreasonable searches or seizures
Comparative Fault
crime burden of proof
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
fourth amendment
15. Twelve.
Arson
Total circuits in the court of appeals
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
licensee
16. Business tort; intrusion in to someones private life; being a voyeur
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
intrusion
uniform commercial code
Medicare fraud
17. Arbitration and Mediation
licensee
tort
Two types of dispute resolution
Common Law
18. Pretrial motions; motions for a summary judgement; asks the court to resolve a lawsuit before it goes to trial
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Fraud
fourth requirement of a contract
Voir Dire
19. Allows the FBI to surveillance citizens with out a search warrant from a judge
revocation
fifth amendment
Separation of powers
Patriot Act
20. If the plaintiff is even slightly negligent he/she recovers nothing
mirror image rule
Arbitration
Insurance Fraud
Contributory Negligence
21. Type of business crime; taking or using someones property
Veto
Supremacy clause
conversion(2)
Holding
22. States who is suing who. Identifies parties.
precedent
negligent hiring
first amendment
Style of a Case
23. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny
Equal Protection Clause
Collective Responsibility
uniform commercial code
lible
24. Thurgood Marshall
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Bill of Right
Voir Dire
First African American Justice
25. First 10 amendments of the constitution; Compromise between federalist and antifederalists; Protects natural rights of liberty and property
Bill of Right
RICO
Minimal scrutiny
Step one in filing a civil law suit
26. The party filing the appeal
Common Law
Appellant
invitee
conversion(2)
27. Someone on the property by right of a public place. highest duty of due care is owed to avoid negligence
Litigation
Pleadings
invitee
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
28. Cruel and unusual punishment
Arbitration
Common Law
eighth amendment
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
29. Business tort; defendant improperly breached contract and causes injury to plaintiff
larceny
Tortious interference with a contract
Filibuster
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
30. Type of intentional tort (and crime); injuring someone by deliberate deception
quasi contract
Request of production of documents and things
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Fraud
31. Type of defense; the defendant is incapable of forming mens rea
insanity
expiration
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
32. FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
Medicare fraud
Mediation
Who regulates commercial speech
express contract
33. Judges who disagree with the majority holding; states their opposing opinion
slander
Dissenting Opinion
sixth amendment
expiration
34. Reference code; label for looking the case up
Depositions
Appellee
Negligence per se
Citation
35. A person who is on your property with your permission; you owe them a higher duty of due care to warn of known dangers
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
battery
licensee
36. Discovery phase: chance for the party to learn about its opponent.
Step two in filing a civil law suit
tort
Statute
Request of production of documents and things
37. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation
slander
Contributory Negligence
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
38. Gender related; such laws must be substantially related to important government objectives. (gov't cant discriminate based on gender through the law making process)
Intermediate scrutiny
Common Law
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
39. Type of intentional tort; the intentional touching of an individual in a way that is unwarranted or offensive
Procedural due process
Litigation
battery
precedent
40. Attorneys ask jurors a set of questions to determine bias
Voir Dire
Request of production of documents and things
Ethics
Arson
41. Type of defense; the practice of forcing another party to behave in an involuntary manner (whether through action or inaction) by use of threats or rewards
uniform commercial code
coercion
Bill of Right
Negligence per se
42. 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
Strict scrutiny
express contract
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
43. A company becomes liable if they do not perform a background check
Conference committee
negligent hiring
misdemeanor
fifth amendment
44. Judge made law
Common Law
Shire Reeves
Bill of Right
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
45. Factual case
Malice
regulation of interstate commerce
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
46. Presiding officer (senator)
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Mediation
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
47. To a committee to be studied; and then debated and voted upon; this is where new amendments can be added.
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
The percentage vote to pass a bill
conversion
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
48. 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.
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Strict scrutiny
Statute
RICO
49. Action - print and other expression. Broader than the spoken word
What Freedom of speech includes
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
tort
50. Business tort; using someones likeness or voice without their permission.
Interrogatories
tort
Commercial Exploitation
RICO