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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. Type of business crime; the fraudulent conversion of property already in the defendants posession.
Henry DeBracton
Depositions
crime burden of proof
embezzlement
2. 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
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
Supremacy clause
Assumption of the risk
Administrative Law
3. Type of intentnional tort; intentionally entering land that belongs to someone else or remaining on land after being asked to leave
Appellant
first amendment
operation of law
trespass
4. The study of how people ought to act; does not always mean legal.
Statute
Ethics
Negligence
uniform commercial code
5. Talking trash
Takings clause
counter offer
actus reus
Defamation
6. Complaint and summons are served to defendant; answer is provided within 30 days
fifth amendment
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
fourth amendment
Step one in filing a civil law suit
7. Judges are obligated to follow precedent
Stare Decisis
precedent
Henry DeBracton
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
8. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.
Takings clause
expiration
felony
Comparative Fault
9. The party filing the appeal
Appellant
negligent hiring
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
The percentage vote to pass a bill
10. Termination when an offer specifies a time limit for acceptance and the period is binding.
licensee
precedent
mirror image rule
expiration
11. During the option period of a contract
you cannot revoke an offer...
Appellant
Filibuster
Writ of Certiorari
12. 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
first amendment
insanity
The job of the Rules Committee
larceny
13. Common law rule; acceptance must be made on the same terms as the offer
mens rea
Current Chief Justice
Tortious interference with a contract
mirror image rule
14. Unintentional tort - breach of a duty of care
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
forseeable harm
Negligence
John Locke
15. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.
Concurring Opinion
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Comparative Fault
Negligence per se
16. A person who is on your property with your permission; you owe them a higher duty of due care to warn of known dangers
battery
Interrogatories
licensee
regulation of interstate commerce
17. The obligation to decide current cases based on previous rulings.
felony
slander
precedent
Mediation
18. Any scheme that attempts to unlawfully obtain money or services illegally through the US postal service
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Writ of Certiorari
fifth amendment
Mail Fraud
19. Law made by federal agencies; rules and regulations
Tortious interference with a contract
Administrative Law
promissory estoppel
Step three in filing a civil law suit
20. The rules committee where it is put on a calendar.
letters of intent
Veto
Equal Protection Clause
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
21. Procedures for academic dismissal or dismissal from a government job
Dissenting Opinion
Common Law
Procedural due process
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
22. Judge made law
breach of duty
The job of the Rules Committee
Common Law
you cannot revoke an offer...
23. Allows the FBI to surveillance citizens with out a search warrant from a judge
forseeable harm
Wire Fraud
conversion(2)
Patriot Act
24. To the president.
First Woman Justice
quasi contract
Where the bill goes after conference committee
embezzlement
25. No unreasonable searches or seizures
Holding
you cannot revoke an offer...
fourth amendment
breach of duty
26. (1)misrepresentation (2)concealment with the intent to take advantage of someone; deception of a person for the purpose of obtaining money or property
revocation
negligent hiring
Concurring Opinion
Fraud
27. Discovery phase: chance for the party to learn about its opponent.
Negligence
Holding
Mail Fraud
Step two in filing a civil law suit
28. Factual case
Interrogatories
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Voir Dire
you cannot revoke an offer...
29. Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
Malice
Who regulates commercial speech
crime burden of proof
Statute
30. If the plaintiff is even slightly negligent he/she recovers nothing
Contributory Negligence
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Intermediate scrutiny
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
31. Freedom of speech.
first amendment
Concurring Opinion
What Freedom of speech includes
eighth amendment
32. Type of defense; the defendant is incapable of forming mens rea
insanity
Fraud
Style of a Case
trespass
33. Thurgood Marshall
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Writ of Certiorari
Appellant
First African American Justice
34. Preponderance of the evidence
Strict scrutiny
Fraud
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Tortious interference with a contract
35. Sandra Day Oconnor
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
conversion
Pleadings
First Woman Justice
36. Consideration; the bargaining that leads to a deal
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
second requirement of a contract
Citation
letters of intent
37. To the conference committee
Appellant
Writ of Certiorari
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
third requirement of a contract
38. Life - Liberty - Property
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
John Locke
The primary drafter of the constitution
The job of the Rules Committee
39. Presiding officer (senator)
fifth amendment
First Woman Justice
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
lible
40. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible
fifth amendment
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
slander
Comparative Fault
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
Statute
express contract
Dissenting Opinion
coercion
42. 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.
The primary drafter of the constitution
Federal District Court
Assumption of the risk
Strict scrutiny
43. The sharing of powers between levels of government
Equal Protection Clause
Federalism
eighth amendment
Procedural due process
44. To a committee to be studied; and then debated and voted upon; this is where new amendments can be added.
First Woman Justice
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
rejection
Two types of dispute resolution
45. Bottom Line answer
Holding
Ethics
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Minimal scrutiny
46. Fraud using electronic communications of any kind;
express contract
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Wire Fraud
Federal District Court
47. Majority
intentional tort
The percentage vote to pass a bill
quasi contract
Two types of dispute resolution
48. Requires a meeting of the minds
Dicta
negligent retention
agreement
operation of law
49. Punishable by a prison sentence of one year or more
Arbitration
agreement
felony
embezzlement
50. A court will imply by conduct that there was an agreement between two parties
forseeable harm
First Woman Justice
implied contract
Request of production of documents and things