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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. Judge made law
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
Negligence
Rationale
Common Law
2. An act of a senate member to delay the close of debate or force a decision to be made.
Filibuster
Negligence per se
implied contract
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
3. 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
mens rea
Tortious interference with a contract
Supremacy clause
Where the bill goes after conference committee
4. Refers to lawsuits; the process of filing claims to courts
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
mens rea
Shire Reeves
Litigation
5. Three.
Common Law
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Pocket Veto
larceny
6. Attorneys ask jurors a set of questions to determine bias
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
First African American Justice
Patriot Act
Voir Dire
7. A subtype of rejection
eighth amendment
sixth amendment
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
counter offer
8. Majority
revocation
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
implied contract
The percentage vote to pass a bill
9. Legality; the subject matter must be legal
Two types of dispute resolution
Takings clause
third requirement of a contract
Filibuster
10. Capacity; the parties must be adults and mentally competent
What is not protected under the first amendment
fourth requirement of a contract
John Locke
Interrogatories
11. When the bill is debated to the floor of the house.
Dicta
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
Assumption of the risk
Step three in filing a civil law suit
12. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; not a binding decision. Voluntary settlement.
conversion(2)
Shire Reeves
Mediation
implied contract
13. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible
Comparative Fault
fourth requirement of a contract
mens rea
uniform commercial code
14. Judges are obligated to follow precedent
fourth amendment
promissory estoppel
Stare Decisis
fourth requirement of a contract
15. Forseeable harm
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
breach of duty
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
operation of law
16. Items such as trampolines and swimming pools; defendant is liable if there is no protection
Negligence and strict liability
conversion
attractive nuisance
The percentage vote to pass a bill
17. The documents that begin a lawsuit: consists of the complaint - answer and sometimes a reply
Shire Reeves
Pleadings
Qualifications for defamation
Strict scrutiny
18. The legal question that is posed in a case
First Woman Justice
lible
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Legal Issue Presented
19. A contract put in writing laying out all of the terms
express contract
Physical and Mental examination
licensee
RICO
20. Unintentional tort - breach of a duty of care
licensee
Veto
Dissenting Opinion
Negligence
21. Malicious use of fire or explosives to damage or destroy real estate or property
For a bill to pass...
Federal District Court
Arson
Bill of Right
22. When there is no contract - but the defendant makes a promise that will induce reliance. it would be unjust not to enforce the promise
promissory estoppel
What is not protected under the first amendment
Interrogatories
Fraud
23. Lack of opinion - malice as to public figures - negligence to private individuals
forseeable harm
To prove injury the defamation must show...
counter offer
Current Chief Justice
24. A party may ask the court to order an examination to find out if physical or mental damage is relevant
entrapment
Physical and Mental examination
Fraud
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
25. The obligation to decide current cases based on previous rulings.
Arbitration
false imprisonment
First Woman Justice
precedent
26. 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
larceny
licensee
false imprisonment
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
27. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)
expiration
Strict scrutiny
Procedural due process
Negligence per se
28. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny
Holding
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Equal Protection Clause
29. Law made by federal agencies; rules and regulations
revocation
For a bill to pass...
Administrative Law
conversion
30. Wrote 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
slander
Rationale
implied contract
Henry DeBracton
31. A defendant engaging in an ultrahazardous activity is virtually always liable for any harm that results
licensee
Legal Issue Presented
strict liability
Citation
32. Establishes the idea precendent
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33. Binding; an offeror cannot withdraw
Mail box rule
implied contract
revocation
quasi contract
34. It must be voted on and approved by both houses and then approved by the president. then it is a law
express contract
For a bill to pass...
intentional tort
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
35. A violation of a duty imposed by a civil law.
tort
Federal District Court
Negligence per se
Insurance Fraud
36. Pretrial motions; motions for a summary judgement; asks the court to resolve a lawsuit before it goes to trial
Ethics
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
Citation
Step three in filing a civil law suit
37. 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.
uniform commercial code
quasi contract
Pocket Veto
implied contract
38. Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
actus reus
crime burden of proof
operation of law
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
39. The floor/leadership - where it is debated upon with no time limit.
Current Chief Justice
conversion(2)
Stare Decisis
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
40. Factual case
Negligence and strict liability
Appellee
fourth requirement of a contract
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
41. Due process or the right to a hearing
battery
Incorporation clause
agreement
fifth amendment
42. Thurgood Marshall
crime burden of proof
Physical and Mental examination
First African American Justice
Substantial effect rule
43. A letter that summarizes the negotiating progress
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
mirror image rule
letters of intent
Shire Reeves
44. Collected taxes and helped keep the peace in tenth century England. Equivalent to a modern day Sheriff.
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
conversion
Shire Reeves
mirror image rule
45. Reference code; label for looking the case up
Citation
coercion
Mail Fraud
Intermediate scrutiny
46. The process of one party's lawyer to question the other party or a potential witness under oath.
Depositions
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Litigation
slander
47. Common law rule; acceptance must be made on the same terms as the offer
invitee
mirror image rule
forseeable harm
regulation of interstate commerce
48. Fraud using electronic communications of any kind;
Wire Fraud
letters of intent
breach of duty
What Freedom of speech includes
49. A person who volluntarily enters a situation that has an obvious danger cannot complain is he/she is injured
Assumption of the risk
breach of duty
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
tort
50. Type of business crime; taking or using someones property
RICO
fourth requirement of a contract
conversion(2)
fifth amendment