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Business Law Vocab - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. System of checks and balances within the federal government
Patriot Act
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
Separation of powers
2. If a company does not address an insubordinate employee - they become liable
mens rea
Depositions
negligent retention
attractive nuisance
3. Type of business crime; taking or using someones property
conversion(2)
Minimal scrutiny
agreement
quasi contract
4. Article I - Section 8
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5. Judges are obligated to follow precedent
sixth amendment
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
Stare Decisis
Current Chief Justice
6. Faking car accidents and injury in order to gain a settlement
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
Voir Dire
letters of intent
Insurance Fraud
7. Agreement (offer and acceptance)
Mediation
letters of intent
Appellee
first requirement of a contract
8. The study of how people ought to act; does not always mean legal.
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Henry DeBracton
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
Ethics
9. Type of business crime; the fraudulent conversion of property already in the defendants posession.
embezzlement
mens rea
Physical and Mental examination
intentional tort
10. To the president.
Where the bill goes after conference committee
coercion
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Concurring Opinion
11. Judge made law; based on precedent - which leads to stare decisis
breach of duty
Common Law
Tortious interference with a contract
Litigation
12. Sandra Day Oconnor
First Woman Justice
fifth amendment
crime burden of proof
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
13. Type of intentional tort; the intentional touching of an individual in a way that is unwarranted or offensive
Supremacy clause
battery
Appellee
Citation
14. Business tort; defendant improperly breached contract and causes injury to plaintiff
battery
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Tortious interference with a contract
tort
15. States who is suing who. Identifies parties.
Style of a Case
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
Step one in filing a civil law suit
John Locke
16. Type of intent to be proved; means the guilty act
actus reus
First African American Justice
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
Qualifications for defamation
17. The defendant (defamer) knew the statement was false or acted with reckless disregard to the truth
fourth requirement of a contract
Veto
tort
Malice
18. Harm caused by a deliberate action
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
intentional tort
Bill
19. Arbitration and Mediation
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Step two in filing a civil law suit
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Two types of dispute resolution
20. Complaint and summons are served to defendant; answer is provided within 30 days
Shire Reeves
mens rea
Step one in filing a civil law suit
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
21. Majority
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
invitee
The percentage vote to pass a bill
Strict scrutiny
22. Someone on the property by right of a public place. highest duty of due care is owed to avoid negligence
invitee
fifth amendment
Mail box rule
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
23. Twelve.
Total circuits in the court of appeals
For a bill to pass...
Mail Fraud
implied contract
24. James Madison - 1789
Administrative Law
Commercial Exploitation
The primary drafter of the constitution
Pocket Veto
25. The party opposing the appeal
assault
fourth amendment
Appellee
For a bill to pass...
26. They set time limits for debate - decide how fast the law should be deliberated and when the bill goes to the floor for debate.
Bill of Right
Res ipsa loquitor
invitee
The job of the Rules Committee
27. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible
Total circuits in the court of appeals
Comparative Fault
Federal District Court
Mail box rule
28. Legality; the subject matter must be legal
slander
third requirement of a contract
second requirement of a contract
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
29. Trial.
Malice
Ethics
Bill of Right
Step four in filing a civil law suit
30. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)
fifth amendment
Tortious interference with a contract
Procedural due process
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
31. Injury
crime burden of proof
implied contract
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
32. The facts imply that the defendants negligence caused the act; 'the thing speaks for itself'
Comparative Fault
Total circuits in the court of appeals
Res ipsa loquitor
Strict scrutiny
33. Judges who disagree with the majority holding; states their opposing opinion
First Woman Justice
Qualifications for defamation
Contributory Negligence
Dissenting Opinion
34. Right to an attorney when facing a prison sentence
sixth amendment
promissory estoppel
lible
revocation
35. Laws involving economic and social regulation; laws that regard economic or social status are presumed valid and corporations and people can be classified
Statute
Res ipsa loquitor
Minimal scrutiny
Common Law
36. Forseeable harm
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
you cannot revoke an offer...
Negligence
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
37. Talking trash
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Defamation
Mediation
negligent retention
38. 2/3 vote
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Fraud
fifth amendment
39. Type of defamation tort; written defamation
sixth amendment
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
lible
Where the bill goes after conference committee
40. To the conference committee
assault
misdemeanor
Contributory Negligence
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
41. To a committee to be studied; and then debated and voted upon; this is where new amendments can be added.
John Locke
quasi contract
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Pocket Veto
42. Type of intentional tort; the intentional restraint of another without reasonable cause
fifth amendment
conversion
Appellant
false imprisonment
43. Language added to a court's opinion that is beyond what is needed; extra words offered as guidance
Arson
Dicta
Res ipsa loquitor
negligent hiring
44. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.
Arbitration
Collective Responsibility
letters of intent
assault
45. Preponderance of the evidence
Supremacy clause
Veto
Commercial Exploitation
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
46. Bottom Line answer
Holding
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
Step one in filing a civil law suit
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
47. Punishable by a prison sentence of one year or more
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
Stare Decisis
Step two in filing a civil law suit
felony
48. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; not a binding decision. Voluntary settlement.
Negligence
attractive nuisance
Mediation
Common Law
49. Type of intent to be proved; means a guilty state of mind
For a bill to pass...
rejection
mens rea
Federal District Court
50. An act of a senate member to delay the close of debate or force a decision to be made.
Filibuster
eighth amendment
Bill of Right
The percentage vote to pass a bill