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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. Race - ethincity and fundamental rights; Any government action that intentionally discriminates against racial or ethnic minorities or interferes with a fundamental right is presumed invalid.
coercion
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
larceny
Strict scrutiny
2. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)
Incorporation clause
fifth amendment
first requirement of a contract
Arson
3. Complaint and summons are served to defendant; answer is provided within 30 days
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Collective Responsibility
What is not protected under the first amendment
Step one in filing a civil law suit
4. Article I - Section 8
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5. You have no duty to assist someone in peril unless you created the danger
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6. Agreement (offer and acceptance)
first requirement of a contract
coercion
Wire Fraud
Common Law
7. A letter that summarizes the negotiating progress
Mail box rule
To prove injury the defamation must show...
letters of intent
Insurance Fraud
8. A person who volluntarily enters a situation that has an obvious danger cannot complain is he/she is injured
Conference committee
Assumption of the risk
misdemeanor
Appellant
9. Language added to a court's opinion that is beyond what is needed; extra words offered as guidance
Dicta
Federalism
rejection
misdemeanor
10. A less serious crime often punishable by less than one year in prison
promissory estoppel
strict liability
Where the bill goes after conference committee
misdemeanor
11. Common law rule; acceptance must be made on the same terms as the offer
Depositions
Intermediate scrutiny
conversion(2)
mirror image rule
12. Business tort; defendant improperly breached contract and causes injury to plaintiff
Wire Fraud
Mail Fraud
Res ipsa loquitor
Tortious interference with a contract
13. To the president.
Bill of Right
revocation
Equal Protection Clause
Where the bill goes after conference committee
14. A party may ask the court to order an examination to find out if physical or mental damage is relevant
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
Litigation
Physical and Mental examination
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
15. Reasoning court gives for the holding
Step two in filing a civil law suit
Shire Reeves
Rationale
first amendment
16. Right to an attorney when facing a prison sentence
sixth amendment
Ethics
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Total circuits in the court of appeals
17. Preponderance of the evidence
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Total circuits in the court of appeals
18. Binding; an offeror cannot withdraw
Mail box rule
embezzlement
Insurance Fraud
crime burden of proof
19. Type of business crime; the fraudulent conversion of property already in the defendants posession.
John Locke
slander
embezzlement
Who regulates commercial speech
20. A contract put in writing laying out all of the terms
express contract
negligent retention
What is not protected under the first amendment
Mail box rule
21. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible
Ethics
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
uniform commercial code
Comparative Fault
22. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.
Collective Responsibility
counter offer
embezzlement
Arson
23. A person who is on your property with your permission; you owe them a higher duty of due care to warn of known dangers
Bill of Right
revocation
licensee
Defamation
24. Punishable by a prison sentence of one year or more
negligent retention
Equal Protection Clause
Substantial effect rule
felony
25. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed
operation of law
Two types of dispute resolution
Appellant
Federalism
26. When there is no contract - but the defendant makes a promise that will induce reliance. it would be unjust not to enforce the promise
To prove injury the defamation must show...
promissory estoppel
Collective Responsibility
Statute
27. System of checks and balances within the federal government
Separation of powers
implied contract
misdemeanor
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
28. Allows the FBI to surveillance citizens with out a search warrant from a judge
negligent retention
Patriot Act
Total circuits in the court of appeals
regulation of interstate commerce
29. A defendant breaches his duty of due care by failing to behave the way a reasonable person would under similar circumstances
breach of duty
eighth amendment
misdemeanor
First African American Justice
30. An act of a senate member to delay the close of debate or force a decision to be made.
battery
Filibuster
Veto
Negligence
31. Due process or the right to a hearing
Ethics
fifth amendment
Tortious interference with a contract
breach of duty
32. Three.
negligent hiring
Pleadings
Arson
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
33. If the plaintiff is even slightly negligent he/she recovers nothing
conversion
Negligence per se
Contributory Negligence
uniform commercial code
34. Type of intentional tort (and crime); injuring someone by deliberate deception
Negligence per se
Fraud
quasi contract
Dissenting Opinion
35. Forbidding a law to be passed
conversion
Style of a Case
Veto
Ethics
36. 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
sixth amendment
RICO
fifth amendment
Intermediate scrutiny
37. John Roberts
Two types of dispute resolution
Current Chief Justice
fourth requirement of a contract
agreement
38. Unintentional tort - breach of a duty of care
Ethics
RICO
Negligence
Res ipsa loquitor
39. (1)misrepresentation (2)concealment with the intent to take advantage of someone; deception of a person for the purpose of obtaining money or property
regulation of interstate commerce
insanity
Mediation
Fraud
40. Nine.
felony
Bill of Right
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
41. Trial.
breach of duty
Bill of Right
Appellant
Step four in filing a civil law suit
42. Type of intent to be proved; means a guilty state of mind
Pocket Veto
mens rea
breach of duty
Mail Fraud
43. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation
Arbitration
slander
Commercial Exploitation
intrusion
44. Majority
The percentage vote to pass a bill
Mail Fraud
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Federalism
45. A violation of a duty imposed by a civil law.
third requirement of a contract
tort
first amendment
licensee
46. Termination when an offer specifies a time limit for acceptance and the period is binding.
expiration
Total circuits in the court of appeals
Pocket Veto
fourth requirement of a contract
47. Type of intentional tort; the intentional restraint of another without reasonable cause
The percentage vote to pass a bill
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
false imprisonment
48. Injury
fifth amendment
Legal Issue Presented
Collective Responsibility
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
49. (1)statement (2)falseness (3)communicated (4)injury
assault
Veto
revocation
Qualifications for defamation
50. Wrote 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Commercial Exploitation
Henry DeBracton
Pocket Veto
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals