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Business Law Vocab - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.
Concurring Opinion
Federalism
rejection
Voir Dire
2. Requires a meeting of the minds
Comparative Fault
agreement
express contract
Bill of Right
3. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger
invitee
Mediation
What is not protected under the first amendment
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
4. Right to an attorney when facing a prison sentence
sixth amendment
Wire Fraud
misdemeanor
Bill
5. Fraud using electronic communications of any kind;
Patriot Act
Wire Fraud
Defamation
The primary drafter of the constitution
6. Presiding officer (senator)
implied contract
What Freedom of speech includes
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
7. Wrote 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Mail box rule
Assumption of the risk
Henry DeBracton
8. Written questions that the opposing party must answer in writing under oath
Litigation
Bill
Negligence
Interrogatories
9. Type of defense; the defendant is incapable of forming mens rea
breach of duty
Conference committee
insanity
Comparative Fault
10. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; issues a binding decision.
Shire Reeves
Mail box rule
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
Arbitration
11. 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
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
Mediation
larceny
coercion
12. Attorneys ask jurors a set of questions to determine bias
First Woman Justice
Voir Dire
Separation of powers
actus reus
13. Someone on the property by right of a public place. highest duty of due care is owed to avoid negligence
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Where the bill goes after conference committee
invitee
Procedural due process
14. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.
Appellee
first requirement of a contract
forseeable harm
operation of law
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
agreement
Separation of powers
negligent hiring
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
16. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)
invitee
Common Law
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Negligence per se
17. Business tort; defendant improperly breached contract and causes injury to plaintiff
Arbitration
you cannot revoke an offer...
Request of production of documents and things
Tortious interference with a contract
18. The party opposing the appeal
Collective Responsibility
Appellee
Fraud
intrusion
19. Trial Court
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Federal District Court
Intermediate scrutiny
tort
20. A court will imply by conduct that there was an agreement between two parties
Insurance Fraud
The percentage vote to pass a bill
implied contract
Strict scrutiny
21. Twelve.
Appellee
strict liability
Total circuits in the court of appeals
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
22. Using false statements or bribes to obtain medicare payments from the federal or state government
Medicare fraud
mens rea
invitee
eighth amendment
23. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation
slander
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
misdemeanor
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
24. A person who volluntarily enters a situation that has an obvious danger cannot complain is he/she is injured
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
false imprisonment
Assumption of the risk
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
25. Termination by simply turning down the offer
felony
insanity
rejection
What is not protected under the first amendment
26. The floor/leadership - where it is debated upon with no time limit.
What is not protected under the first amendment
entrapment
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
27. Type of intentional tort; the intentional restraint of another without reasonable cause
Federal District Court
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Defamation
false imprisonment
28. The facts imply that the defendants negligence caused the act; 'the thing speaks for itself'
Res ipsa loquitor
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
Mediation
felony
29. Type of defense; when the government induces the defendant to break the law.
entrapment
Two types of dispute resolution
Dissenting Opinion
Mediation
30. Discovery phase: chance for the party to learn about its opponent.
Collective Responsibility
Step two in filing a civil law suit
strict liability
Who regulates commercial speech
31. Legality; the subject matter must be legal
Mail box rule
implied contract
third requirement of a contract
assault
32. Termination when an offer specifies a time limit for acceptance and the period is binding.
Statute
fifth amendment
expiration
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
33. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.
forseeable harm
Contributory Negligence
Collective Responsibility
Medicare fraud
34. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature
Holding
Concurring Opinion
Bill
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
35. Refers to lawsuits; the process of filing claims to courts
Litigation
Strict scrutiny
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
breach of duty
36. Pretrial motions; motions for a summary judgement; asks the court to resolve a lawsuit before it goes to trial
Incorporation clause
Step three in filing a civil law suit
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
37. 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.
Step three in filing a civil law suit
tort
Defamation
Strict scrutiny
38. Harm caused by a deliberate action
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
crime burden of proof
Federal District Court
intentional tort
39. Type of intent to be proved; means the guilty act
Stare Decisis
Strict scrutiny
battery
actus reus
40. An offered can be terminated anytime before the offer has been accepted.
John Locke
Who regulates commercial speech
revocation
Citation
41. Cruel and unusual punishment
Bill
Dissenting Opinion
embezzlement
eighth amendment
42. System of checks and balances within the federal government
fifth amendment
Separation of powers
first requirement of a contract
eighth amendment
43. Reasoning court gives for the holding
Rationale
Filibuster
Dicta
Procedural due process
44. A violation of a duty imposed by a civil law.
Substantial effect rule
Physical and Mental examination
tort
Holding
45. Laws involving economic and social regulation; laws that regard economic or social status are presumed valid and corporations and people can be classified
Intermediate scrutiny
Minimal scrutiny
First Woman Justice
revocation
46. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible
expiration
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Comparative Fault
47. Sandra Day Oconnor
Step one in filing a civil law suit
Strict scrutiny
first amendment
First Woman Justice
48. 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
Intermediate scrutiny
Supremacy clause
promissory estoppel
tort
49. Faking car accidents and injury in order to gain a settlement
Veto
letters of intent
Insurance Fraud
misdemeanor
50. Preponderance of the evidence
Assumption of the risk
RICO
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Mediation