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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. Sponsor.
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
fifth amendment
first requirement of a contract
Appellant
2. Judges are obligated to follow precedent
conversion
The percentage vote to pass a bill
Dicta
Stare Decisis
3. Life - Liberty - Property
operation of law
Conference committee
John Locke
Pocket Veto
4. 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.
Collective Responsibility
Procedural due process
quasi contract
Step three in filing a civil law suit
5. The documents that begin a lawsuit: consists of the complaint - answer and sometimes a reply
Separation of powers
revocation
Pleadings
letters of intent
6. Termination by simply turning down the offer
express contract
you cannot revoke an offer...
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
rejection
7. Items such as trampolines and swimming pools; defendant is liable if there is no protection
Veto
Fraud
mens rea
attractive nuisance
8. Trial.
invitee
Common Law
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Common Law
9. Binding; an offeror cannot withdraw
Separation of powers
Mail box rule
Appellant
regulation of interstate commerce
10. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible
mens rea
regulation of interstate commerce
Comparative Fault
uniform commercial code
11. Action - print and other expression. Broader than the spoken word
intentional tort
What Freedom of speech includes
Separation of powers
felony
12. Presiding officer (senator)
counter offer
Bill
Mail box rule
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
13. Type of intentnional tort; intentionally entering land that belongs to someone else or remaining on land after being asked to leave
intrusion
trespass
Appellant
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
14. Bottom Line answer
Two types of dispute resolution
mirror image rule
Holding
John Locke
15. James Madison - 1789
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
The primary drafter of the constitution
forseeable harm
Step four in filing a civil law suit
16. A defendant engaging in an ultrahazardous activity is virtually always liable for any harm that results
To prove injury the defamation must show...
tort
Who regulates commercial speech
strict liability
17. Type of business crime; taking or using someones property
Bystander's obligation means...
promissory estoppel
conversion(2)
The percentage vote to pass a bill
18. Judges who disagree with the majority holding; states their opposing opinion
Malice
Dissenting Opinion
Shire Reeves
mens rea
19. If the proceedings of a business occur intrastate but will eventually effect proceedings interstate - this rule states that congress may interfere
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
The job of the Rules Committee
embezzlement
Substantial effect rule
20. Judge made law; based on precedent - which leads to stare decisis
fourth requirement of a contract
breach of duty
Common Law
quasi contract
21. Type of intent to be proved; means the guilty act
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
expiration
actus reus
Style of a Case
22. Consideration; the bargaining that leads to a deal
Legal Issue Presented
second requirement of a contract
For a bill to pass...
First Woman Justice
23. A company becomes liable if they do not perform a background check
Dicta
assault
battery
negligent hiring
24. A document filed by the losing party requesting the federal court to appeal a case.
Who regulates commercial speech
Collective Responsibility
Wire Fraud
Writ of Certiorari
25. Type of defense; when the government induces the defendant to break the law.
entrapment
Minimal scrutiny
RICO
Tortious interference with a contract
26. Type of intentional tort; an act that makes a person fear imminent battery
revocation
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
assault
invitee
27. 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
Negligence
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
regulation of interstate commerce
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
28. Twelve.
Total circuits in the court of appeals
Malice
Physical and Mental examination
Filibuster
29. An offered can be terminated anytime before the offer has been accepted.
you cannot revoke an offer...
revocation
embezzlement
promissory estoppel
30. Wrote 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
For a bill to pass...
Tortious interference with a contract
Henry DeBracton
Filibuster
31. The floor/leadership - where it is debated upon with no time limit.
Separation of powers
Supremacy clause
Step one in filing a civil law suit
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
32. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.
Stare Decisis
first amendment
Collective Responsibility
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
33. A less serious crime often punishable by less than one year in prison
Common Law
misdemeanor
Assumption of the risk
What is not protected under the first amendment
34. Language added to a court's opinion that is beyond what is needed; extra words offered as guidance
Step two in filing a civil law suit
trespass
Bill of Right
Dicta
35. A letter that summarizes the negotiating progress
conversion
promissory estoppel
letters of intent
insanity
36. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)
Res ipsa loquitor
Negligence per se
Writ of Certiorari
Equal Protection Clause
37. 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.
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Conference committee
Current Chief Justice
Commercial Exploitation
38. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)
fifth amendment
Pleadings
RICO
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
39. 1250
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40. John Roberts
Current Chief Justice
coercion
The primary drafter of the constitution
Henry DeBracton
41. Type of intentional tort; the intentional touching of an individual in a way that is unwarranted or offensive
battery
Bill
Federalism
Dicta
42. To the president.
Where the bill goes after conference committee
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
Arbitration
43. Injury
Current Chief Justice
Takings clause
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
44. Right to an attorney when facing a prison sentence
first requirement of a contract
sixth amendment
conversion(2)
negligent retention
45. Requires a meeting of the minds
agreement
invitee
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Assumption of the risk
46. No unreasonable searches or seizures
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
fourth amendment
Bill
Style of a Case
47. Unintentional tort - breach of a duty of care
breach of duty
Stare Decisis
Negligence
Bill of Right
48. 2/3 vote
Intermediate scrutiny
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
you cannot revoke an offer...
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
49. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed
Pocket Veto
operation of law
The job of the Rules Committee
Appellee
50. Type of intentional tort (and crime); injuring someone by deliberate deception
Procedural due process
Medicare fraud
Fraud
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?