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Business Law Vocab - 2

Subjects : law, business-law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Business tort; using someones likeness or voice without their permission.






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






3. A letter that summarizes the negotiating progress






4. Injury






5. The sharing of powers between levels of government






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

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7. 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






8. Life - Liberty - Property






9. Right to an attorney when facing a prison sentence






10. Unintentional tort - breach of a duty of care






11. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger






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






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






14. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation






15. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny






16. If the plaintiff is even slightly negligent he/she recovers nothing






17. The study of how people ought to act; does not always mean legal.






18. Agreement (offer and acceptance)






19. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature






20. A violation of a duty imposed by a civil law.






21. A defendant breaches his duty of due care by failing to behave the way a reasonable person would under similar circumstances






22. Arbitration and Mediation






23. Termination by simply turning down the offer






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






25. 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.






26. FCC (Federal Communications Commission)






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






28. Law made by federal agencies; rules and regulations






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






30. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.






31. Procedures for academic dismissal or dismissal from a government job






32. Cruel and unusual punishment






33. When the bill is debated to the floor of the house.






34. System of checks and balances within the federal government






35. Establishes the idea precendent

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






37. A person who volluntarily enters a situation that has an obvious danger cannot complain is he/she is injured






38. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.






39. Written questions that the opposing party must answer in writing under oath






40. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible






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






42. States who is suing who. Identifies parties.






43. Allows the FBI to surveillance citizens with out a search warrant from a judge






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






45. A person who is on your property with your permission; you owe them a higher duty of due care to warn of known dangers






46. A subtype of rejection






47. Common law rule; acceptance must be made on the same terms as the offer






48. Judge made law; based on precedent - which leads to stare decisis






49. The party filing the appeal






50. A law passed by a legislative body