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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. A power granted to congress stating that congress may regulate trade between countries - other states and indian tribes
fourth amendment
regulation of interstate commerce
conversion
trespass
2. Sandra Day Oconnor
Administrative Law
actus reus
First Woman Justice
rejection
3. The facts imply that the defendants negligence caused the act; 'the thing speaks for itself'
What Freedom of speech includes
Veto
Shire Reeves
Res ipsa loquitor
4. Legality; the subject matter must be legal
Depositions
Equal Protection Clause
Voir Dire
third requirement of a contract
5. Judge made law; based on precedent - which leads to stare decisis
misdemeanor
Common Law
mirror image rule
Citation
6. Type of defense; when the government induces the defendant to break the law.
third requirement of a contract
entrapment
Shire Reeves
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
7. System of checks and balances within the federal government
Interrogatories
Separation of powers
revocation
Mail Fraud
8. Capacity; the parties must be adults and mentally competent
conversion
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
fourth requirement of a contract
9. A company becomes liable if they do not perform a background check
Patriot Act
Negligence per se
negligent hiring
intrusion
10. A party may ask the court to order an examination to find out if physical or mental damage is relevant
Medicare fraud
express contract
Substantial effect rule
Physical and Mental examination
11. Three.
Writ of Certiorari
Tortious interference with a contract
Res ipsa loquitor
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
12. Type of defense; the defendant is incapable of forming mens rea
rejection
insanity
Takings clause
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
13. Bottom Line answer
fourth amendment
Voir Dire
Total circuits in the court of appeals
Holding
14. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; not a binding decision. Voluntary settlement.
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
Shire Reeves
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Mediation
15. 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
uniform commercial code
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Bystander's obligation means...
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
16. Type of business crime; the fraudulent conversion of property already in the defendants posession.
embezzlement
felony
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
actus reus
17. To a committee to be studied; and then debated and voted upon; this is where new amendments can be added.
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Who regulates commercial speech
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
implied contract
18. If the plaintiff is even slightly negligent he/she recovers nothing
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Contributory Negligence
Request of production of documents and things
Ethics
19. A subtype of rejection
Procedural due process
counter offer
larceny
Appellee
20. A defendant breaches his duty of due care by failing to behave the way a reasonable person would under similar circumstances
insanity
Step four in filing a civil law suit
breach of duty
revocation
21. Each side may ask the other side to produce relevant documents for inspection and copying.
Concurring Opinion
Request of production of documents and things
Qualifications for defamation
Procedural due process
22. 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.
Veto
Legal Issue Presented
quasi contract
uniform commercial code
23. A less serious crime often punishable by less than one year in prison
To prove injury the defamation must show...
Collective Responsibility
misdemeanor
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
24. Type of defamation tort; written defamation
false imprisonment
lible
Assumption of the risk
Malice
25. They set time limits for debate - decide how fast the law should be deliberated and when the bill goes to the floor for debate.
The job of the Rules Committee
third requirement of a contract
Wire Fraud
promissory estoppel
26. Procedures for academic dismissal or dismissal from a government job
Procedural due process
conversion
Wire Fraud
Step four in filing a civil law suit
27. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)
trespass
Negligence per se
licensee
quasi contract
28. A contract put in writing laying out all of the terms
Common Law
Citation
express contract
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
29. Forseeable harm
Holding
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
John Locke
30. Unintentional tort - breach of a duty of care
Negligence
negligent hiring
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
coercion
31. The party filing the appeal
licensee
For a bill to pass...
first requirement of a contract
Appellant
32. Type of intentional tort; an act that makes a person fear imminent battery
entrapment
assault
Bystander's obligation means...
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
33. Type of business crime; taking or using someones property
second requirement of a contract
conversion(2)
John Locke
Dicta
34. You have no duty to assist someone in peril unless you created the danger
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35. A law passed by a legislative body
assault
Malice
Pleadings
Statute
36. No unreasonable searches or seizures
Filibuster
fourth amendment
Contributory Negligence
fourth requirement of a contract
37. The party opposing the appeal
slander
revocation
Appellee
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
38. Refers to lawsuits; the process of filing claims to courts
Interrogatories
Litigation
expiration
Negligence per se
39. During the option period of a contract
Total circuits in the court of appeals
you cannot revoke an offer...
negligent retention
first amendment
40. A federal statute that applies to the sale of goods (NOT real estate or services)
uniform commercial code
attractive nuisance
Common Law
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
41. Type of defense; the practice of forcing another party to behave in an involuntary manner (whether through action or inaction) by use of threats or rewards
coercion
To prove injury the defamation must show...
lible
Strict scrutiny
42. Thurgood Marshall
Contributory Negligence
First African American Justice
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Holding
43. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.
precedent
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
quasi contract
Collective Responsibility
44. Type of tort; taking someone elses property without consent.
conversion
Malice
Procedural due process
The job of the Rules Committee
45. Business tort; defendant improperly breached contract and causes injury to plaintiff
The job of the Rules Committee
What is not protected under the first amendment
Tortious interference with a contract
strict liability
46. Type of intentional tort; the intentional restraint of another without reasonable cause
insanity
Collective Responsibility
false imprisonment
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
47. Majority
The percentage vote to pass a bill
misdemeanor
letters of intent
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
48. Allows the FBI to surveillance citizens with out a search warrant from a judge
Litigation
Bill
Patriot Act
uniform commercial code
49. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Intermediate scrutiny
felony
operation of law
50. 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.
regulation of interstate commerce
Assumption of the risk
Conference committee
mirror image rule