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Business Law Vocab - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Written questions that the opposing party must answer in writing under oath
Interrogatories
Voir Dire
For a bill to pass...
implied contract
2. A violation of a duty imposed by a civil law.
tort
crime burden of proof
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Pleadings
3. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature
Stare Decisis
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
Who regulates commercial speech
Bill
4. Judge made law
you cannot revoke an offer...
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Common Law
Veto
5. A party may ask the court to order an examination to find out if physical or mental damage is relevant
Negligence per se
Concurring Opinion
invitee
Physical and Mental examination
6. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)
RICO
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
The primary drafter of the constitution
fifth amendment
7. Sandra Day Oconnor
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
battery
First Woman Justice
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
8. The rules committee where it is put on a calendar.
counter offer
agreement
third requirement of a contract
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
9. Capacity; the parties must be adults and mentally competent
Medicare fraud
Dissenting Opinion
breach of duty
fourth requirement of a contract
10. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.
Contributory Negligence
Concurring Opinion
forseeable harm
slander
11. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Collective Responsibility
Negligence per se
fourth requirement of a contract
12. If the proceedings of a business occur intrastate but will eventually effect proceedings interstate - this rule states that congress may interfere
Substantial effect rule
First African American Justice
Commercial Exploitation
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
13. If a company does not address an insubordinate employee - they become liable
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
promissory estoppel
Two types of dispute resolution
negligent retention
14. The obligation to decide current cases based on previous rulings.
Strict scrutiny
fifth amendment
counter offer
precedent
15. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.
Contributory Negligence
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Collective Responsibility
Style of a Case
16. Cruel and unusual punishment
insanity
eighth amendment
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
first amendment
17. A federal statute that applies to the sale of goods (NOT real estate or services)
The primary drafter of the constitution
uniform commercial code
Holding
The job of the Rules Committee
18. Agreement (offer and acceptance)
Total circuits in the court of appeals
first requirement of a contract
The primary drafter of the constitution
conversion(2)
19. The facts imply that the defendants negligence caused the act; 'the thing speaks for itself'
Procedural due process
Res ipsa loquitor
entrapment
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
20. (1)misrepresentation (2)concealment with the intent to take advantage of someone; deception of a person for the purpose of obtaining money or property
assault
Fraud
Citation
entrapment
21. Unintentional tort - breach of a duty of care
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
revocation
Negligence
Malice
22. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed
What is not protected under the first amendment
operation of law
Wire Fraud
Interrogatories
23. A person who volluntarily enters a situation that has an obvious danger cannot complain is he/she is injured
Conference committee
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Assumption of the risk
licensee
24. Type of business crime; taking or using someones property
implied contract
eighth amendment
false imprisonment
conversion(2)
25. A less serious crime often punishable by less than one year in prison
intrusion
Malice
The job of the Rules Committee
misdemeanor
26. Type of defamation tort; written defamation
Federal District Court
First African American Justice
Depositions
lible
27. Legality; the subject matter must be legal
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
Citation
third requirement of a contract
conversion(2)
28. Fraud using electronic communications of any kind;
To prove injury the defamation must show...
Tortious interference with a contract
Wire Fraud
Writ of Certiorari
29. Refers to lawsuits; the process of filing claims to courts
Rationale
Statute
Litigation
Depositions
30. To the conference committee
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
Negligence
larceny
Assumption of the risk
31. Baron Montesquieu
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
actus reus
Defamation
Strict scrutiny
32. Presiding officer (senator)
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
invitee
Mail Fraud
express contract
33. First 10 amendments of the constitution; Compromise between federalist and antifederalists; Protects natural rights of liberty and property
Bill of Right
Fraud
Depositions
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
34. The party opposing the appeal
Appellee
Negligence and strict liability
Pocket Veto
fourth requirement of a contract
35. Judges are obligated to follow precedent
attractive nuisance
Procedural due process
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Stare Decisis
36. There is an established duty of due care
Mail box rule
Ethics
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
Legal Issue Presented
37. Type of intentnional tort; intentionally entering land that belongs to someone else or remaining on land after being asked to leave
trespass
felony
express contract
Holding
38. A power granted to congress stating that congress may regulate trade between countries - other states and indian tribes
First Woman Justice
Bystander's obligation means...
Shire Reeves
regulation of interstate commerce
39. Business tort; defendant improperly breached contract and causes injury to plaintiff
Substantial effect rule
Patriot Act
Tortious interference with a contract
Supremacy clause
40. Majority
entrapment
Interrogatories
Tortious interference with a contract
The percentage vote to pass a bill
41. The legal question that is posed in a case
To prove injury the defamation must show...
Legal Issue Presented
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Substantial effect rule
42. 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.
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
quasi contract
negligent hiring
Patriot Act
43. Pretrial motions; motions for a summary judgement; asks the court to resolve a lawsuit before it goes to trial
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Commercial Exploitation
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Rationale
44. Type of intentional tort (and crime); injuring someone by deliberate deception
Fraud
revocation
Henry DeBracton
embezzlement
45. Type of intentional tort; an act that makes a person fear imminent battery
Ethics
mens rea
tort
assault
46. Bottom Line answer
Who regulates commercial speech
Statute
Holding
second requirement of a contract
47. Consideration; the bargaining that leads to a deal
Tortious interference with a contract
second requirement of a contract
lible
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
48. 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
Appellee
Appellant
insanity
49. The documents that begin a lawsuit: consists of the complaint - answer and sometimes a reply
Pleadings
Strict scrutiny
Malice
Two types of dispute resolution
50. Type of defense; when the government induces the defendant to break the law.
you cannot revoke an offer...
entrapment
The primary drafter of the constitution
Common Law