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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. Complaint and summons are served to defendant; answer is provided within 30 days
Step one in filing a civil law suit
The primary drafter of the constitution
false imprisonment
Intermediate scrutiny
2. Due process or the right to a hearing
Litigation
lible
fifth amendment
Comparative Fault
3. A violation of a duty imposed by a civil law.
tort
Interrogatories
fifth amendment
conversion(2)
4. Nine.
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Physical and Mental examination
Current Chief Justice
third requirement of a contract
5. Judge made law
sixth amendment
implied contract
Filibuster
Common Law
6. They set time limits for debate - decide how fast the law should be deliberated and when the bill goes to the floor for debate.
precedent
Filibuster
The job of the Rules Committee
Appellant
7. An offered can be terminated anytime before the offer has been accepted.
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
Stare Decisis
slander
revocation
8. A person who is on your property with your permission; you owe them a higher duty of due care to warn of known dangers
intrusion
fifth amendment
licensee
first requirement of a contract
9. There was a breach of due care
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
battery
trespass
Contributory Negligence
10. A contract put in writing laying out all of the terms
Two types of dispute resolution
express contract
larceny
forseeable harm
11. A power granted to congress stating that congress may regulate trade between countries - other states and indian tribes
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
intrusion
For a bill to pass...
regulation of interstate commerce
12. 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.
invitee
Conference committee
First Woman Justice
fourth amendment
13. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)
Negligence per se
Request of production of documents and things
embezzlement
The percentage vote to pass a bill
14. Injuries caused by neglect and oversight rather than deliberate conduct.
Negligence and strict liability
Strict scrutiny
RICO
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
15. Gender related; such laws must be substantially related to important government objectives. (gov't cant discriminate based on gender through the law making process)
uniform commercial code
misdemeanor
Intermediate scrutiny
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
16. 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.
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
Res ipsa loquitor
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Strict scrutiny
17. Consideration; the bargaining that leads to a deal
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Malice
Fraud
second requirement of a contract
18. Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
crime burden of proof
invitee
agreement
The job of the Rules Committee
19. Business tort; intrusion in to someones private life; being a voyeur
third requirement of a contract
intrusion
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
The percentage vote to pass a bill
20. Factual case
third requirement of a contract
coercion
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Holding
21. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger
Intermediate scrutiny
Interrogatories
What is not protected under the first amendment
conversion
22. Fraud using electronic communications of any kind;
Wire Fraud
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Appellant
Henry DeBracton
23. A subtype of rejection
First Woman Justice
Bill of Right
fifth amendment
counter offer
24. No state can deny citizens due process. (14th amendment) this incorporates states to be ruled under the constitution
strict liability
Incorporation clause
Collective Responsibility
sixth amendment
25. If the proceedings of a business occur intrastate but will eventually effect proceedings interstate - this rule states that congress may interfere
Substantial effect rule
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Stare Decisis
Wire Fraud
26. Type of intentional tort; the intentional touching of an individual in a way that is unwarranted or offensive
letters of intent
battery
Statute
first amendment
27. Type of defamation tort; written defamation
Mail Fraud
negligent retention
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
lible
28. Type of intentnional tort; intentionally entering land that belongs to someone else or remaining on land after being asked to leave
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Writ of Certiorari
trespass
Style of a Case
29. The process of one party's lawyer to question the other party or a potential witness under oath.
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
revocation
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
Depositions
30. Pretrial motions; motions for a summary judgement; asks the court to resolve a lawsuit before it goes to trial
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Rationale
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Citation
31. Type of business crime; taking or using someones property
conversion(2)
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
Minimal scrutiny
intentional tort
32. Harm caused by a deliberate action
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Federalism
implied contract
intentional tort
33. Termination when an offer specifies a time limit for acceptance and the period is binding.
Voir Dire
expiration
Supremacy clause
intrusion
34. Judges are obligated to follow precedent
Stare Decisis
Federal District Court
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
sixth amendment
35. Wrote 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Intermediate scrutiny
Henry DeBracton
Incorporation clause
John Locke
36. Using false statements or bribes to obtain medicare payments from the federal or state government
invitee
Medicare fraud
Style of a Case
attractive nuisance
37. The floor/leadership - where it is debated upon with no time limit.
Separation of powers
Defamation
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
Collective Responsibility
38. Life - Liberty - Property
John Locke
Separation of powers
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
Federal District Court
39. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.
Concurring Opinion
larceny
Negligence
Arbitration
40. When the bill is debated to the floor of the house.
Current Chief Justice
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
strict liability
Equal Protection Clause
41. The obligation to decide current cases based on previous rulings.
precedent
Henry DeBracton
Dicta
slander
42. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature
Procedural due process
Bill
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Arson
43. A company becomes liable if they do not perform a background check
Mediation
larceny
negligent hiring
The primary drafter of the constitution
44. A law passed by a legislative body
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
Statute
implied contract
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
45. Type of intent to be proved; means a guilty state of mind
trespass
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
Concurring Opinion
mens rea
46. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation
attractive nuisance
slander
insanity
Who regulates commercial speech
47. The rules committee where it is put on a calendar.
Takings clause
Equal Protection Clause
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
Fraud
48. 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.
Supremacy clause
quasi contract
Separation of powers
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
49. No unreasonable searches or seizures
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
regulation of interstate commerce
Substantial effect rule
fourth amendment
50. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.
Stare Decisis
forseeable harm
Pocket Veto
First African American Justice