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Business Law Vocab - 2

Subjects : law, business-law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Freedom of speech.






2. Talking trash






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






4. 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






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






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






7. Agreement (offer and acceptance)






8. Life - Liberty - Property






9. Type of intentional tort; an act that makes a person fear imminent battery






10. Punishable by a prison sentence of one year or more






11. Trial.






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






13. Bottom Line answer






14. Factual case






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






16. Action - print and other expression. Broader than the spoken word






17. Majority






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






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






20. Consideration; the bargaining that leads to a deal






21. An offered can be terminated anytime before the offer has been accepted.






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






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






24. Law made by federal agencies; rules and regulations






25. Attorneys ask jurors a set of questions to determine bias






26. States who is suing who. Identifies parties.






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






28. Termination when an offer specifies a time limit for acceptance and the period is binding.






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






30. Malicious use of fire or explosives to damage or destroy real estate or property






31. Type of defense; the defendant is incapable of forming mens rea






32. The sharing of powers between levels of government






33. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed






34. Complaint and summons are served to defendant; answer is provided within 30 days






35. Sponsor.






36. A power granted to congress stating that congress may regulate trade between countries - other states and indian tribes






37. Twelve.






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






39. Type of intentional tort; the intentional restraint of another without reasonable cause






40. Requires a meeting of the minds






41. 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






42. Forbidding a law to be passed






43. Judges who disagree with the majority holding; states their opposing opinion






44. Type of defense; when the government induces the defendant to break the law.






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

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46. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)






47. To the president.






48. Lack of opinion - malice as to public figures - negligence to private individuals






49. Type of defamation tort; written defamation






50. 1250

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