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Business Law Vocab - 2

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1. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; not a binding decision. Voluntary settlement.
false imprisonment
Common Law
Mediation
fifth amendment

2. When there is no contract - but the defendant makes a promise that will induce reliance. it would be unjust not to enforce the promise
For a bill to pass...
promissory estoppel
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Appellant

3. 2/3 vote
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
eighth amendment
Depositions
intrusion

4. The rules committee where it is put on a calendar.
fourth amendment
Procedural due process
Supremacy clause
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...

5. Legality; the subject matter must be legal
quasi contract
third requirement of a contract
Concurring Opinion
insanity

6. Due process or the right to a hearing
felony
Procedural due process
fifth amendment
first requirement of a contract

7. (1)statement (2)falseness (3)communicated (4)injury
Current Chief Justice
Qualifications for defamation
intrusion
Litigation

8. Binding; an offeror cannot withdraw
promissory estoppel
Mail box rule
Common Law
Mediation

9. The legal question that is posed in a case
mens rea
crime burden of proof
Physical and Mental examination
Legal Issue Presented

10. Type of business crime; taking or using someones property
intrusion
conversion(2)
John Locke
Shire Reeves

11. A contract put in writing laying out all of the terms
Henry DeBracton
Physical and Mental examination
express contract
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?

12. 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
Stare Decisis
Separation of powers
conversion
Supremacy clause

13. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
fifth amendment
implied contract
What is not protected under the first amendment

14. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature
conversion(2)
Procedural due process
To prove injury the defamation must show...
Bill

15. Type of intentional tort (and crime); injuring someone by deliberate deception
Voir Dire
Common Law
Administrative Law
Fraud

16. Pretrial motions; motions for a summary judgement; asks the court to resolve a lawsuit before it goes to trial
Arson
Step three in filing a civil law suit
first amendment
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit

17. An act of a senate member to delay the close of debate or force a decision to be made.
counter offer
Negligence and strict liability
Filibuster
Equal Protection Clause

18. Presiding officer (senator)
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
Concurring Opinion
Step four in filing a civil law suit

19. Baron Montesquieu
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
sixth amendment
strict liability
regulation of interstate commerce

20. To the conference committee
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
For a bill to pass...
Henry DeBracton
revocation

21. Twelve.
fifth amendment
Total circuits in the court of appeals
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Writ of Certiorari

22. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; issues a binding decision.
Federalism
Arbitration
precedent
uniform commercial code

23. First 10 amendments of the constitution; Compromise between federalist and antifederalists; Protects natural rights of liberty and property
Bill of Right
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
promissory estoppel
revocation

24. Preponderance of the evidence
entrapment
uniform commercial code
regulation of interstate commerce
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by

25. Establishes the idea precendent

26. Business tort; defendant improperly breached contract and causes injury to plaintiff
conversion(2)
Common Law
RICO
Tortious interference with a contract

27. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation
slander
Comparative Fault
Equal Protection Clause
Veto

28. During the option period of a contract
revocation
battery
Writ of Certiorari
you cannot revoke an offer...

29. Collected taxes and helped keep the peace in tenth century England. Equivalent to a modern day Sheriff.
misdemeanor
fifth amendment
Shire Reeves
Collective Responsibility

30. Type of intentnional tort; intentionally entering land that belongs to someone else or remaining on land after being asked to leave
uniform commercial code
trespass
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
conversion(2)

31. Someone on the property by right of a public place. highest duty of due care is owed to avoid negligence
insanity
Supremacy clause
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
invitee

32. Arbitration and Mediation
Commercial Exploitation
Two types of dispute resolution
Step two in filing a civil law suit
express contract

33. Judges who disagree with the majority holding; states their opposing opinion
attractive nuisance
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Dissenting Opinion
embezzlement

34. Sandra Day Oconnor
First Woman Justice
coercion
Dicta
Separation of powers

35. 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
To prove injury the defamation must show...
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Insurance Fraud
third requirement of a contract

36. An offered can be terminated anytime before the offer has been accepted.
entrapment
third requirement of a contract
first requirement of a contract
revocation

37. Any scheme that attempts to unlawfully obtain money or services illegally through the US postal service
Common Law
First African American Justice
Mail Fraud
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...

38. Article I - Section 8

39. Capacity; the parties must be adults and mentally competent
fourth requirement of a contract
Current Chief Justice
Separation of powers
First African American Justice

40. FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
Pleadings
Assumption of the risk
The primary drafter of the constitution
Who regulates commercial speech

41. Refers to lawsuits; the process of filing claims to courts
Administrative Law
Litigation
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals

42. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.
regulation of interstate commerce
Insurance Fraud
Negligence per se
forseeable harm

43. A violation of a duty imposed by a civil law.
Patriot Act
tort
letters of intent
expiration

44. Harm caused by a deliberate action
intentional tort
Conference committee
crime burden of proof
slander

45. The party opposing the appeal
Strict scrutiny
actus reus
Appellee
Writ of Certiorari

46. To the president.
Arbitration
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Arson
Filibuster

47. Thurgood Marshall
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
First African American Justice
false imprisonment
Dicta

48. 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
you cannot revoke an offer...
Equal Protection Clause
mens rea
larceny

49. Termination by simply turning down the offer
Legal Issue Presented
Supremacy clause
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
rejection

50. Right to an attorney when facing a prison sentence
conversion(2)
sixth amendment
second requirement of a contract
Defamation