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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)
The primary drafter of the constitution
The job of the Rules Committee
Negligence per se
Tortious interference with a contract
2. Agreement (offer and acceptance)
first requirement of a contract
fourth amendment
coercion
Minimal scrutiny
3. Judges are obligated to follow precedent
Stare Decisis
Contributory Negligence
crime burden of proof
battery
4. It must be voted on and approved by both houses and then approved by the president. then it is a law
entrapment
For a bill to pass...
counter offer
fifth amendment
5. States who is suing who. Identifies parties.
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
Style of a Case
felony
Filibuster
6. Punishable by a prison sentence of one year or more
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
Takings clause
felony
sixth amendment
7. 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
fourth amendment
sixth amendment
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
larceny
8. Any scheme that attempts to unlawfully obtain money or services illegally through the US postal service
Collective Responsibility
Shire Reeves
First African American Justice
Mail Fraud
9. Type of intentnional tort; intentionally entering land that belongs to someone else or remaining on land after being asked to leave
John Locke
trespass
Dissenting Opinion
Step four in filing a civil law suit
10. A plaintiff may generally recover even if he/she is partially negligible
you cannot revoke an offer...
John Locke
Comparative Fault
Veto
11. You have no duty to assist someone in peril unless you created the danger
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12. The study of how people ought to act; does not always mean legal.
To prove injury the defamation must show...
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Ethics
rejection
13. Wrote 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Henry DeBracton
strict liability
RICO
Appellant
14. Type of intentional tort; the intentional touching of an individual in a way that is unwarranted or offensive
battery
crime burden of proof
Request of production of documents and things
Shire Reeves
15. Harm caused by a deliberate action
Current Chief Justice
Physical and Mental examination
intentional tort
Shire Reeves
16. 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.
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
Writ of Certiorari
Minimal scrutiny
quasi contract
17. Type of intentional tort (and crime); injuring someone by deliberate deception
Takings clause
Fraud
uniform commercial code
Negligence
18. Reference code; label for looking the case up
fourth requirement of a contract
Common Law
Citation
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
19. (1)misrepresentation (2)concealment with the intent to take advantage of someone; deception of a person for the purpose of obtaining money or property
Fraud
first amendment
Dicta
felony
20. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.
counter offer
Collective Responsibility
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
revocation
21. Laws involving economic and social regulation; laws that regard economic or social status are presumed valid and corporations and people can be classified
Minimal scrutiny
fifth amendment
third requirement of a contract
Ethics
22. There was a breach of due care
fourth amendment
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
counter offer
Mail box rule
23. Type of defamation tort; written defamation
lible
Filibuster
intrusion
felony
24. A less serious crime often punishable by less than one year in prison
coercion
Step four in filing a civil law suit
misdemeanor
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
25. Talking trash
Minimal scrutiny
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
Defamation
fourth amendment
26. Type of defamation tort; spoken defamation
For a bill to pass...
forseeable harm
Conference committee
slander
27. Procedures for academic dismissal or dismissal from a government job
larceny
regulation of interstate commerce
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Procedural due process
28. Type of defense; when the government induces the defendant to break the law.
entrapment
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
embezzlement
Procedural due process
29. John Roberts
implied contract
Current Chief Justice
Comparative Fault
Conference committee
30. No state can deny citizens due process. (14th amendment) this incorporates states to be ruled under the constitution
Incorporation clause
uniform commercial code
assault
Mediation
31. Trial.
Step four in filing a civil law suit
revocation
Interrogatories
eighth amendment
32. Complaint and summons are served to defendant; answer is provided within 30 days
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
fifth amendment
Step one in filing a civil law suit
Two types of dispute resolution
33. When there is no contract - but the defendant makes a promise that will induce reliance. it would be unjust not to enforce the promise
letters of intent
Comparative Fault
promissory estoppel
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
34. The party opposing the appeal
Comparative Fault
The job of the Rules Committee
Appellee
Minimal scrutiny
35. The party filing the appeal
revocation
forseeable harm
Administrative Law
Appellant
36. Type of intent to be proved; means the guilty act
actus reus
Statute
Assumption of the risk
Negligence and strict liability
37. A letter that summarizes the negotiating progress
RICO
lible
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
letters of intent
38. Type of business crime; taking or using someones property
entrapment
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
Tortious interference with a contract
conversion(2)
39. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; issues a binding decision.
Arbitration
Shire Reeves
To prove injury the defamation must show...
revocation
40. Judges who disagree with the majority holding; states their opposing opinion
eighth amendment
misdemeanor
Dissenting Opinion
tort
41. A power granted to congress stating that congress may regulate trade between countries - other states and indian tribes
tort
slander
regulation of interstate commerce
Strict scrutiny
42. 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
regulation of interstate commerce
How Federal Law has jurisdiction in a lawsuit
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
43. Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
crime burden of proof
Substantial effect rule
Request of production of documents and things
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
44. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; not a binding decision. Voluntary settlement.
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Mediation
Step one in filing a civil law suit
actus reus
45. Nine.
Total circuits in the court of appeals
express contract
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
mens rea
46. Reasoning court gives for the holding
Bill of Right
express contract
insanity
Rationale
47. 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
fourth requirement of a contract
Conference committee
coercion
expiration
48. They set time limits for debate - decide how fast the law should be deliberated and when the bill goes to the floor for debate.
mens rea
The job of the Rules Committee
After the bill is released from committees in the two houses - it goes...
Holding
49. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)
rejection
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
Fraud
fifth amendment
50. Due process or the right to a hearing
negligent retention
Tortious interference with a contract
fifth amendment
entrapment