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Business Law Vocab - 2

Subjects : law, business-law
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1. Business tort; using someones likeness or voice without their permission.






2. Type of intentional tort (and crime); injuring someone by deliberate deception






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






4. Unintentional tort - breach of a duty of care






5. FCC (Federal Communications Commission)






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






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






8. Injury






9. (1)misrepresentation (2)concealment with the intent to take advantage of someone; deception of a person for the purpose of obtaining money or property






10. States who is suing who. Identifies parties.






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






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






13. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature






14. The study of how people ought to act; does not always mean legal.






15. Freedom of speech.






16. A company becomes liable if they do not perform a background check






17. Discovery phase: chance for the party to learn about its opponent.






18. There was a breach of due care






19. Agreement (offer and acceptance)






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






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






22. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible






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






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






25. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; not a binding decision. Voluntary settlement.






26. A law passed by a legislative body






27. The rules committee where it is put on a calendar.






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






29. Allows the FBI to surveillance citizens with out a search warrant from a judge






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






31. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation






32. The sharing of powers between levels of government






33. John Roberts






34. Business tort; intrusion in to someones private life; being a voyeur






35. Pretrial motions; motions for a summary judgement; asks the court to resolve a lawsuit before it goes to trial






36. The party opposing the appeal






37. Consideration; the bargaining that leads to a deal






38. Life - Liberty - Property






39. Arbitration and Mediation






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

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






42. Factual case






43. Twelve.






44. Trial.






45. 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.






46. Forbidding a law to be passed






47. Majority






48. Fraud using electronic communications of any kind;






49. If the plaintiff is even slightly negligent he/she recovers nothing






50. Type of defamation tort; written defamation