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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. Faking car accidents and injury in order to gain a settlement
Insurance Fraud
Comparative Fault
revocation
Step one in filing a civil law suit
2. Law made by federal agencies; rules and regulations
licensee
Interrogatories
Administrative Law
slander
3. The party filing the appeal
assault
Mail box rule
first amendment
Appellant
4. Sandra Day Oconnor
First Woman Justice
Bill
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Intermediate scrutiny
5. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible
Comparative Fault
mirror image rule
Rationale
Tortious interference with a contract
6. A less serious crime often punishable by less than one year in prison
misdemeanor
third requirement of a contract
Concurring Opinion
Appellant
7. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)
operation of law
What Freedom of speech includes
Litigation
fifth amendment
8. The process of one party's lawyer to question the other party or a potential witness under oath.
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Depositions
Dissenting Opinion
Substantial effect rule
9. Business tort; using someones likeness or voice without their permission.
Step four in filing a civil law suit
fifth amendment
Fraud
Commercial Exploitation
10. John Roberts
Pocket Veto
Supremacy clause
Appellant
Current Chief Justice
11. Reference code; label for looking the case up
Citation
Ethics
rejection
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
12. During the option period of a contract
you cannot revoke an offer...
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
Where the bill goes after conference committee
strict liability
13. Judges who disagree with the majority holding; states their opposing opinion
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
Writ of Certiorari
Dissenting Opinion
First Woman Justice
14. An offered can be terminated anytime before the offer has been accepted.
John Locke
revocation
Citation
Negligence per se
15. Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
Shire Reeves
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
mens rea
crime burden of proof
16. FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
Current Chief Justice
licensee
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Who regulates commercial speech
17. A law passed by a legislative body
Statute
Style of a Case
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
Commercial Exploitation
18. (1)misrepresentation (2)concealment with the intent to take advantage of someone; deception of a person for the purpose of obtaining money or property
mirror image rule
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Fraud
first amendment
19. 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
Tortious interference with a contract
Citation
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Supremacy clause
20. If the proceedings of a business occur intrastate but will eventually effect proceedings interstate - this rule states that congress may interfere
RICO
Fraud
crime burden of proof
Substantial effect rule
21. Collected taxes and helped keep the peace in tenth century England. Equivalent to a modern day Sheriff.
Shire Reeves
Filibuster
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Collective Responsibility
22. Items such as trampolines and swimming pools; defendant is liable if there is no protection
rejection
attractive nuisance
Supremacy clause
Fraud
23. Termination by simply turning down the offer
rejection
battery
Administrative Law
Mail Fraud
24. Laws involving economic and social regulation; laws that regard economic or social status are presumed valid and corporations and people can be classified
conversion
conversion(2)
Minimal scrutiny
implied contract
25. To the president.
Where the bill goes after conference committee
first amendment
breach of duty
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
26. There was a breach of due care
To prove injury the defamation must show...
Voir Dire
fifth amendment
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
27. No unreasonable searches or seizures
Patriot Act
sixth amendment
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
fourth amendment
28. When there is no contract - but the defendant makes a promise that will induce reliance. it would be unjust not to enforce the promise
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Ethics
promissory estoppel
29. 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.
quasi contract
Total circuits in the court of appeals
John Locke
promissory estoppel
30. Harm caused by a deliberate action
fourth amendment
Appellee
operation of law
intentional tort
31. Forbidding a law to be passed
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
Veto
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Common Law
32. Judge made law
Mail box rule
Shire Reeves
Filibuster
Common Law
33. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger
Citation
negligent hiring
What is not protected under the first amendment
Commercial Exploitation
34. Lack of opinion - malice as to public figures - negligence to private individuals
To prove injury the defamation must show...
conversion
Medicare fraud
Supremacy clause
35. Using false statements or bribes to obtain medicare payments from the federal or state government
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
fifth amendment
Medicare fraud
36. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)
Step one in filing a civil law suit
Voir Dire
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Negligence per se
37. No state can deny citizens due process. (14th amendment) this incorporates states to be ruled under the constitution
felony
Physical and Mental examination
Statute
Incorporation clause
38. Pretrial motions; motions for a summary judgement; asks the court to resolve a lawsuit before it goes to trial
Writ of Certiorari
first amendment
Assumption of the risk
Step three in filing a civil law suit
39. The legal question that is posed in a case
Strict scrutiny
Legal Issue Presented
intentional tort
Assumption of the risk
40. It must be voted on and approved by both houses and then approved by the president. then it is a law
For a bill to pass...
Comparative Fault
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
41. A court will imply by conduct that there was an agreement between two parties
Where the bill goes after conference committee
second requirement of a contract
implied contract
The primary drafter of the constitution
42. Type of defense; the defendant is incapable of forming mens rea
Henry DeBracton
Ethics
insanity
Step two in filing a civil law suit
43. The defendant (defamer) knew the statement was false or acted with reckless disregard to the truth
Patriot Act
Substantial effect rule
Rationale
Malice
44. Thurgood Marshall
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Negligence and strict liability
First African American Justice
Two types of dispute resolution
45. Fraud using electronic communications of any kind;
misdemeanor
conversion
Wire Fraud
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
46. Type of defense; when the government induces the defendant to break the law.
entrapment
Who regulates commercial speech
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
larceny
47. Nine.
Rationale
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Ethics
Dicta
48. Language added to a court's opinion that is beyond what is needed; extra words offered as guidance
Commercial Exploitation
assault
Dicta
attractive nuisance
49. An act of a senate member to delay the close of debate or force a decision to be made.
Stare Decisis
Filibuster
Step two in filing a civil law suit
Arson
50. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed
Pleadings
The primary drafter of the constitution
Administrative Law
operation of law