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Business Law Vocab - 2

Subjects : law, business-law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. There is an established duty of due care






2. No state can deny citizens due process. (14th amendment) this incorporates states to be ruled under the constitution






3. Type of tort; taking someone elses property without consent.






4. The sharing of powers between levels of government






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






6. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.






7. The party opposing the appeal






8. It must be voted on and approved by both houses and then approved by the president. then it is a law






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






10. 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






11. Gender related; such laws must be substantially related to important government objectives. (gov't cant discriminate based on gender through the law making process)






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






13. Life - Liberty - Property






14. Business tort; defendant improperly breached contract and causes injury to plaintiff






15. When the bill is debated to the floor of the house.






16. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.






17. A contract put in writing laying out all of the terms






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






19. A court will imply by conduct that there was an agreement between two parties






20. Type of business crime; the trespassing taking of personal property with intent to steal it. defendant never had the right to have said property in posession






21. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny






22. First 10 amendments of the constitution; Compromise between federalist and antifederalists; Protects natural rights of liberty and property






23. During the option period of a contract






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






25. To a committee to be studied; and then debated and voted upon; this is where new amendments can be added.






26. Written questions that the opposing party must answer in writing under oath






27. Judges are obligated to follow precedent






28. Forseeable harm






29. Requires a meeting of the minds






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






31. A person who volluntarily enters a situation that has an obvious danger cannot complain is he/she is injured






32. 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.






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

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34. Type of intent to be proved; means the guilty act






35. A law passed by a legislative body






36. Injury






37. When a law remains untouched on the presidents desk for over 10 days after congress's adjournment






38. No unreasonable searches or seizures






39. Using false statements or bribes to obtain medicare payments from the federal or state government






40. Judge made law






41. Three.






42. Injuries caused by neglect and oversight rather than deliberate conduct.






43. A federal statute that applies to the sale of goods (NOT real estate or services)






44. Unintentional tort - breach of a duty of care






45. Right to an attorney when facing a prison sentence






46. John Roberts






47. A defendant breaches his duty of due care by failing to behave the way a reasonable person would under similar circumstances






48. Establishes the idea precendent

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49. Bottom Line answer






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