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Business Law Vocab - 2

Subjects : law, business-law
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1. The legal question that is posed in a case






2. System of checks and balances within the federal government






3. Discovery phase: chance for the party to learn about its opponent.






4. Proposed statutes - submitted to Congress or a legislature






5. Reference code; label for looking the case up






6. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; not a binding decision. Voluntary settlement.






7. Type of intent to be proved; means a guilty state of mind






8. States who is suing who. Identifies parties.






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






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






11. The party opposing the appeal






12. 2/3 vote






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






14. Type of intentional tort; the intentional touching of an individual in a way that is unwarranted or offensive






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






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.






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






18. Judges are obligated to follow precedent






19. Baron Montesquieu






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






21. Injury






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






23. A violation of a duty imposed by a civil law.






24. Forseeable harm






25. A court will imply by conduct that there was an agreement between two parties






26. The opinion of Judges who agree with the holding - but for different reasons.






27. Sandra Day Oconnor






28. Right to an attorney when facing a prison sentence






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

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






31. Type of business crime; taking or using someones property






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






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






34. Items such as trampolines and swimming pools; defendant is liable if there is no protection






35. Type of tort; taking someone elses property without consent.






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






37. Using two or more racketeering acts to accomplish any of the following goals: (1) investing or acquiring legitimate businesses with criminal money (2)maintaining or acquiring businesses through criminal activity






38. When a law remains untouched on the presidents desk for over 10 days after congress's adjournment






39. John Roberts






40. To a committee to be studied; and then debated and voted upon; this is where new amendments can be added.






41. Freedom of speech.






42. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)






43. There is an established duty of due care






44. Trial Court






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






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






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






48. Unintentional tort - breach of a duty of care






49. Action - print and other expression. Broader than the spoken word






50. 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