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Business Law Vocab - 2

Subjects : law, business-law
Instructions:
  • 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






2. The documents that begin a lawsuit: consists of the complaint - answer and sometimes a reply






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






4. Termination when an offer specifies a time limit for acceptance and the period is binding.






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






6. Judge made law; based on precedent - which leads to stare decisis






7. Freedom of speech.






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






9. Life - Liberty - Property






10. An offered can be terminated anytime before the offer has been accepted.






11. Using false statements or bribes to obtain medicare payments from the federal or state government






12. Reasoning court gives for the holding






13. Type of defense; when the government induces the defendant to break the law.






14. Type of defense; the practice of forcing another party to behave in an involuntary manner (whether through action or inaction) by use of threats or rewards






15. Capacity; the parties must be adults and mentally competent






16. A less serious crime often punishable by less than one year in prison






17. 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






18. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)






19. They set time limits for debate - decide how fast the law should be deliberated and when the bill goes to the floor for debate.






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






21. Pretrial motions; motions for a summary judgement; asks the court to resolve a lawsuit before it goes to trial






22. Law made by federal agencies; rules and regulations






23. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature






24. 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.






25. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.






26. Gender related; such laws must be substantially related to important government objectives. (gov't cant discriminate based on gender through the law making process)






27. A person who is on your property with your permission; you owe them a higher duty of due care to warn of known dangers






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






29. Business tort; defendant improperly breached contract and causes injury to plaintiff






30. Sandra Day Oconnor






31. A federal statute that applies to the sale of goods (NOT real estate or services)






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






33. The sharing of powers between levels of government






34. Reference code; label for looking the case up






35. If the plaintiff is even slightly negligent he/she recovers nothing






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






37. Written questions that the opposing party must answer in writing under oath






38. Majority






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






40. (1)statement (2)falseness (3)communicated (4)injury






41. Binding; an offeror cannot withdraw






42. Type of business crime; the fraudulent conversion of property already in the defendants posession.






43. Termination by simply turning down the offer






44. You have no duty to assist someone in peril unless you created the danger


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






46. The party opposing the appeal






47. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.






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






49. FCC (Federal Communications Commission)






50. Fraud using electronic communications of any kind;