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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. Due process or the right to a hearing
fifth amendment
Incorporation clause
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
Medicare fraud
2. Unintentional tort - breach of a duty of care
you cannot revoke an offer...
Federalism
Common Law
Negligence
3. Type of intentnional tort; intentionally entering land that belongs to someone else or remaining on land after being asked to leave
trespass
For a bill to pass...
promissory estoppel
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
4. Law made by federal agencies; rules and regulations
Equal Protection Clause
Administrative Law
tort
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
5. Type of intent to be proved; means a guilty state of mind
To prove injury the defamation must show...
mens rea
Wire Fraud
rejection
6. Type of defense; when the government induces the defendant to break the law.
false imprisonment
entrapment
Negligence and strict liability
Administrative Law
7. Thurgood Marshall
First African American Justice
Incorporation clause
slander
Federal District Court
8. Pretrial motions; motions for a summary judgement; asks the court to resolve a lawsuit before it goes to trial
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Commercial Exploitation
lible
Mediation
9. Action - print and other expression. Broader than the spoken word
actus reus
forseeable harm
Negligence
What Freedom of speech includes
10. If a company does not address an insubordinate employee - they become liable
negligent retention
second requirement of a contract
agreement
Where the bill goes after conference committee
11. Factual case
Writ of Certiorari
Bill
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Appellee
12. Forbidding a law to be passed
rejection
Veto
operation of law
trespass
13. Fraud using electronic communications of any kind;
Fraud
Wire Fraud
Who regulates commercial speech
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
14. Judge made law
Common Law
Pocket Veto
sixth amendment
fourth requirement of a contract
15. John Roberts
Current Chief Justice
forseeable harm
Federal District Court
first amendment
16. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger
Step two in filing a civil law suit
Assumption of the risk
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
What is not protected under the first amendment
17. First 10 amendments of the constitution; Compromise between federalist and antifederalists; Protects natural rights of liberty and property
Bill of Right
Intermediate scrutiny
attractive nuisance
express contract
18. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.
Contributory Negligence
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
lible
Concurring Opinion
19. Type of business crime; taking or using someones property
intentional tort
conversion(2)
rejection
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
20. The rules committee where it is put on a calendar.
third requirement of a contract
assault
fifth amendment
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
21. Termination when an offer specifies a time limit for acceptance and the period is binding.
expiration
Dissenting Opinion
The primary drafter of the constitution
strict liability
22. It must be voted on and approved by both houses and then approved by the president. then it is a law
For a bill to pass...
To prove injury the defamation must show...
uniform commercial code
mens rea
23. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; not a binding decision. Voluntary settlement.
Minimal scrutiny
Mediation
promissory estoppel
false imprisonment
24. Wrote 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
Henry DeBracton
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
element 1 of a negligence lawsuit
25. A person who volluntarily enters a situation that has an obvious danger cannot complain is he/she is injured
Rationale
Assumption of the risk
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
tort
26. A letter that summarizes the negotiating progress
Mail box rule
letters of intent
RICO
Stare Decisis
27. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.
express contract
misdemeanor
Negligence
forseeable harm
28. A party may ask the court to order an examination to find out if physical or mental damage is relevant
Physical and Mental examination
Dicta
conversion
lible
29. 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.
quasi contract
negligent retention
Strict scrutiny
Voir Dire
30. Type of business crime; the trespassing taking of personal property with intent to steal it. defendant never had the right to have said property in posession
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
strict liability
larceny
31. James Madison - 1789
promissory estoppel
The primary drafter of the constitution
agreement
To prove injury the defamation must show...
32. Type of tort; taking someone elses property without consent.
precedent
conversion
Writ of Certiorari
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
33. A defendant breaches his duty of due care by failing to behave the way a reasonable person would under similar circumstances
breach of duty
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Pleadings
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
34. Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
crime burden of proof
Writ of Certiorari
First Woman Justice
35. A person who is on your property with your permission; you owe them a higher duty of due care to warn of known dangers
Comparative Fault
Federalism
licensee
Step four in filing a civil law suit
36. During the option period of a contract
Insurance Fraud
Shire Reeves
you cannot revoke an offer...
breach of duty
37. Termination by simply turning down the offer
expiration
Pleadings
Shire Reeves
rejection
38. Allows the FBI to surveillance citizens with out a search warrant from a judge
first requirement of a contract
Patriot Act
Separation of powers
What is not protected under the first amendment
39. Aricle IV section 2 of the constitution that states that the constitution and the united States are the laws of the land. Federal government trumps state law
Contributory Negligence
Supremacy clause
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Pocket Veto
40. FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
Pocket Veto
Who regulates commercial speech
licensee
Procedural due process
41. Complaint and summons are served to defendant; answer is provided within 30 days
Step one in filing a civil law suit
expiration
fifth amendment
trespass
42. The party filing the appeal
Appellant
attractive nuisance
lible
Request of production of documents and things
43. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)
Who regulates commercial speech
actus reus
Comparative Fault
Negligence per se
44. (1)misrepresentation (2)concealment with the intent to take advantage of someone; deception of a person for the purpose of obtaining money or property
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...
Fraud
Voir Dire
45. States who is suing who. Identifies parties.
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
insanity
Pleadings
Style of a Case
46. Faking car accidents and injury in order to gain a settlement
Insurance Fraud
licensee
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
47. Items such as trampolines and swimming pools; defendant is liable if there is no protection
Writ of Certiorari
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
attractive nuisance
felony
48. Agreement (offer and acceptance)
first requirement of a contract
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Rationale
49. The documents that begin a lawsuit: consists of the complaint - answer and sometimes a reply
Pleadings
Federalism
Style of a Case
Defamation
50. Attorneys ask jurors a set of questions to determine bias
Voir Dire
fourth amendment
forseeable harm
Concurring Opinion