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Business Law Vocab - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Arbitration and Mediation
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Ethics
Two types of dispute resolution
Intermediate scrutiny
2. An offered can be terminated anytime before the offer has been accepted.
Assumption of the risk
entrapment
revocation
Equal Protection Clause
3. Forseeable harm
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Negligence
you cannot revoke an offer...
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
4. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.
fifth amendment
regulation of interstate commerce
Pocket Veto
forseeable harm
5. It must be voted on and approved by both houses and then approved by the president. then it is a law
tort
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
For a bill to pass...
Minimal scrutiny
6. A subtype of rejection
counter offer
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
Incorporation clause
Res ipsa loquitor
7. A person who volluntarily enters a situation that has an obvious danger cannot complain is he/she is injured
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
Assumption of the risk
Voir Dire
8. They set time limits for debate - decide how fast the law should be deliberated and when the bill goes to the floor for debate.
The job of the Rules Committee
eighth amendment
Federal District Court
Mail box rule
9. The legal question that is posed in a case
strict liability
conversion(2)
fifth amendment
Legal Issue Presented
10. Capacity; the parties must be adults and mentally competent
revocation
uniform commercial code
John Locke
fourth requirement of a contract
11. The facts imply that the defendants negligence caused the act; 'the thing speaks for itself'
Supremacy clause
expiration
Res ipsa loquitor
What is not protected under the first amendment
12. Talking trash
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
insanity
eighth amendment
Defamation
13. Majority
The percentage vote to pass a bill
What Freedom of speech includes
Comparative Fault
Assumption of the risk
14. Sponsor.
Res ipsa loquitor
promissory estoppel
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
15. Agreement (offer and acceptance)
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
battery
attractive nuisance
first requirement of a contract
16. 2/3 vote
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
larceny
Wire Fraud
The job of the Rules Committee
17. Unintentional tort - breach of a duty of care
Negligence
actus reus
Tortious interference with a contract
To prove injury the defamation must show...
18. Forbidding a law to be passed
Henry DeBracton
Insurance Fraud
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Veto
19. (1)misrepresentation (2)concealment with the intent to take advantage of someone; deception of a person for the purpose of obtaining money or property
first requirement of a contract
Collective Responsibility
Interrogatories
Fraud
20. If a company does not address an insubordinate employee - they become liable
negligent retention
lible
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Qualifications for defamation
21. System of checks and balances within the federal government
Who regulates commercial speech
Separation of powers
implied contract
fifth amendment
22. To the president.
Henry DeBracton
false imprisonment
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Negligence and strict liability
23. When there is no contract - but the defendant makes a promise that will induce reliance. it would be unjust not to enforce the promise
false imprisonment
promissory estoppel
Strict scrutiny
Bill
24. Type of defamation tort; written defamation
fourth amendment
lible
To prove injury the defamation must show...
Negligence
25. John Roberts
invitee
third requirement of a contract
Current Chief Justice
What is not protected under the first amendment
26. 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.
battery
quasi contract
Who regulates commercial speech
felony
27. A less serious crime often punishable by less than one year in prison
negligent hiring
Two types of dispute resolution
Pocket Veto
misdemeanor
28. First 10 amendments of the constitution; Compromise between federalist and antifederalists; Protects natural rights of liberty and property
Bill of Right
eighth amendment
fourth amendment
express contract
29. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible
expiration
Comparative Fault
Legal Issue Presented
Takings clause
30. Trial Court
The job of the Rules Committee
Contributory Negligence
Federal District Court
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
31. Written questions that the opposing party must answer in writing under oath
Interrogatories
Arson
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
licensee
32. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)
fifth amendment
Legal Issue Presented
What Freedom of speech includes
Step three in filing a civil law suit
33. When the bill is debated to the floor of the house.
Dicta
Incorporation clause
Arbitration
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
34. Items such as trampolines and swimming pools; defendant is liable if there is no protection
Bill
Equal Protection Clause
The primary drafter of the constitution
attractive nuisance
35. A letter that summarizes the negotiating progress
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Holding
letters of intent
Wire Fraud
36. Judge made law; based on precedent - which leads to stare decisis
Rationale
Pleadings
Common Law
tort
37. Using two or more racketeering acts to accomplish any of the following goals: (1) investing or acquiring legitimate businesses with criminal money (2)maintaining or acquiring businesses through criminal activity
RICO
Veto
quasi contract
Common Law
38. 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
actus reus
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Total circuits in the court of appeals
entrapment
39. There is an established duty of due care
Insurance Fraud
intrusion
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Contributory Negligence
40. Someone on the property by right of a public place. highest duty of due care is owed to avoid negligence
Intermediate scrutiny
invitee
agreement
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
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
coercion
Patriot Act
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
uniform commercial code
42. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; not a binding decision. Voluntary settlement.
Mediation
Conference committee
intentional tort
fourth amendment
43. A party may ask the court to order an examination to find out if physical or mental damage is relevant
embezzlement
Bill
Physical and Mental examination
Writ of Certiorari
44. Cruel and unusual punishment
eighth amendment
Concurring Opinion
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Equal Protection Clause
45. Using false statements or bribes to obtain medicare payments from the federal or state government
Medicare fraud
Pleadings
First African American Justice
fifth amendment
46. Injury
Statute
Procedural due process
Bill
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
47. James Madison - 1789
attractive nuisance
The primary drafter of the constitution
slander
misdemeanor
48. Nine.
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Assumption of the risk
third requirement of a contract
eighth amendment
49. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.
Step one in filing a civil law suit
Dicta
Concurring Opinion
Incorporation clause
50. The documents that begin a lawsuit: consists of the complaint - answer and sometimes a reply
letters of intent
Rationale
Pleadings
fourth requirement of a contract