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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. A document filed by the losing party requesting the federal court to appeal a case.
eighth amendment
Writ of Certiorari
Defamation
The primary drafter of the constitution
2. Allows the FBI to surveillance citizens with out a search warrant from a judge
Depositions
Patriot Act
Fraud
Writ of Certiorari
3. They set time limits for debate - decide how fast the law should be deliberated and when the bill goes to the floor for debate.
actus reus
John Locke
misdemeanor
The job of the Rules Committee
4. No state can deny citizens due process. (14th amendment) this incorporates states to be ruled under the constitution
Comparative Fault
Litigation
mens rea
Incorporation clause
5. 2/3 vote
Two types of dispute resolution
conversion(2)
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Federalism
6. Establishes the idea precendent
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7. Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
Substantial effect rule
crime burden of proof
Qualifications for defamation
Strict scrutiny
8. The sharing of powers between levels of government
Federalism
Shire Reeves
negligent retention
conversion(2)
9. A company becomes liable if they do not perform a background check
negligent hiring
Henry DeBracton
Mail box rule
Administrative Law
10. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature
Bill
Bystander's obligation means...
conversion
negligent retention
11. Factual case
Current Chief Justice
Appellant
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Two types of dispute resolution
12. It must be voted on and approved by both houses and then approved by the president. then it is a law
Holding
Supremacy clause
Appellee
For a bill to pass...
13. Type of business crime; taking or using someones property
Current Chief Justice
conversion(2)
Mediation
Mail box rule
14. Type of intentnional tort; intentionally entering land that belongs to someone else or remaining on land after being asked to leave
operation of law
first requirement of a contract
trespass
Insurance Fraud
15. When the bill is debated to the floor of the house.
Bystander's obligation means...
Shire Reeves
Current Chief Justice
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
16. Reference code; label for looking the case up
fourth requirement of a contract
Citation
intrusion
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
17. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger
Writ of Certiorari
What is not protected under the first amendment
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Total circuits in the court of appeals
18. If the plaintiff is even slightly negligent he/she recovers nothing
invitee
regulation of interstate commerce
conversion(2)
Contributory Negligence
19. A less serious crime often punishable by less than one year in prison
misdemeanor
Negligence per se
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
For a bill to pass...
20. A law passed by a legislative body
Statute
Step one in filing a civil law suit
tort
third requirement of a contract
21. Judge made law
eighth amendment
Appellee
Common Law
Step four in filing a civil law suit
22. To the president.
Mail Fraud
Negligence per se
attractive nuisance
Where the bill goes after conference committee
23. FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
Who regulates commercial speech
tort
Interrogatories
intentional tort
24. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.
Depositions
Style of a Case
Takings clause
battery
25. Items such as trampolines and swimming pools; defendant is liable if there is no protection
operation of law
attractive nuisance
RICO
Medicare fraud
26. Action - print and other expression. Broader than the spoken word
Pleadings
What Freedom of speech includes
Dissenting Opinion
Two types of dispute resolution
27. Language added to a court's opinion that is beyond what is needed; extra words offered as guidance
fifth amendment
Dicta
Federalism
intrusion
28. Requires a meeting of the minds
Common Law
Tortious interference with a contract
fourth requirement of a contract
agreement
29. Punishable by a prison sentence of one year or more
felony
Stare Decisis
mens rea
Supremacy clause
30. A party may ask the court to order an examination to find out if physical or mental damage is relevant
Holding
Federal District Court
Physical and Mental examination
first requirement of a contract
31. 1250
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32. Type of defamation tort; written defamation
negligent hiring
lible
fourth requirement of a contract
coercion
33. The obligation to decide current cases based on previous rulings.
Two types of dispute resolution
precedent
embezzlement
Interrogatories
34. A defendant engaging in an ultrahazardous activity is virtually always liable for any harm that results
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
strict liability
Insurance Fraud
Arbitration
35. A court will imply by conduct that there was an agreement between two parties
Negligence and strict liability
precedent
Veto
implied contract
36. Thurgood Marshall
Dicta
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
larceny
First African American Justice
37. Type of defense; when the government induces the defendant to break the law.
Litigation
fifth amendment
entrapment
Medicare fraud
38. Sponsor.
larceny
mens rea
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
RICO
39. Freedom of speech.
Dicta
first amendment
false imprisonment
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
40. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)
Mediation
larceny
RICO
fifth amendment
41. Reasoning court gives for the holding
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
rejection
Negligence
Rationale
42. The process of one party's lawyer to question the other party or a potential witness under oath.
larceny
Depositions
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
fourth requirement of a contract
43. Forbidding a law to be passed
Federalism
Request of production of documents and things
Veto
Step two in filing a civil law suit
44. No unreasonable searches or seizures
Procedural due process
Takings clause
fifth amendment
fourth amendment
45. The study of how people ought to act; does not always mean legal.
Ethics
Mail Fraud
fourth amendment
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
46. Termination when the offeror dies or the physical contract is destroyed
Holding
operation of law
breach of duty
Mail box rule
47. When a law remains untouched on the presidents desk for over 10 days after congress's adjournment
sixth amendment
Negligence per se
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Pocket Veto
48. Written questions that the opposing party must answer in writing under oath
Interrogatories
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Negligence per se
second requirement of a contract
49. Baron Montesquieu
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
To prove injury the defamation must show...
express contract
Fraud
50. Type of intentional tort (and crime); injuring someone by deliberate deception
Supremacy clause
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Bystander's obligation means...
Fraud