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Business Law Vocab - 2

Subjects : law, business-law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Written questions that the opposing party must answer in writing under oath






2. Type of intentional tort; an act that makes a person fear imminent battery






3. When the bill is debated to the floor of the house.






4. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny






5. A contract put in writing laying out all of the terms






6. To the president.






7. Type of intentional tort; the intentional restraint of another without reasonable cause






8. Procedures for academic dismissal or dismissal from a government job






9. Harm caused by a deliberate action






10. Freedom of speech.






11. Right to an attorney when facing a prison sentence






12. The obligation to decide current cases based on previous rulings.






13. 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






14. 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.






15. Bottom Line answer






16. The rules committee where it is put on a calendar.






17. Lack of opinion - malice as to public figures - negligence to private individuals






18. Life - Liberty - Property






19. Talking trash






20. Faking car accidents and injury in order to gain a settlement






21. Type of intent to be proved; means the guilty act






22. There was a breach of due care






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24. Type of intentnional tort; intentionally entering land that belongs to someone else or remaining on land after being asked to leave






25. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger






26. Complaint and summons are served to defendant; answer is provided within 30 days






27. Majority






28. Type of intentional tort (and crime); injuring someone by deliberate deception






29. Attorneys ask jurors a set of questions to determine bias






30. Sponsor.






31. A person who volluntarily enters a situation that has an obvious danger cannot complain is he/she is injured






32. If the proceedings of a business occur intrastate but will eventually effect proceedings interstate - this rule states that congress may interfere






33. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible






34. Injury






35. A defendant breaches his duty of due care by failing to behave the way a reasonable person would under similar circumstances






36. Allows the FBI to surveillance citizens with out a search warrant from a judge






37. Sandra Day Oconnor






38. When there is no contract - but the defendant makes a promise that will induce reliance. it would be unjust not to enforce the promise






39. Business tort; intrusion in to someones private life; being a voyeur






40. Arbitration and Mediation






41. Type of defense; the defendant is incapable of forming mens rea






42. Injuries caused by neglect and oversight rather than deliberate conduct.






43. A defendant engaging in an ultrahazardous activity is virtually always liable for any harm that results






44. Collected taxes and helped keep the peace in tenth century England. Equivalent to a modern day Sheriff.






45. Reference code; label for looking the case up






46. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.






47. Judges who disagree with the majority holding; states their opposing opinion






48. The facts imply that the defendants negligence caused the act; 'the thing speaks for itself'






49. Malicious use of fire or explosives to damage or destroy real estate or property






50. Reasoning court gives for the holding