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Business Law Vocab - 2
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1. A subtype of rejection
Henry DeBracton
agreement
Step one in filing a civil law suit
counter offer
2. Attorneys ask jurors a set of questions to determine bias
Henry DeBracton
actus reus
fourth requirement of a contract
Voir Dire
3. Type of intentional tort (and crime); injuring someone by deliberate deception
For a bill to pass...
Fraud
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Legal Issue Presented
4. Type of business crime; taking or using someones property
Medicare fraud
conversion(2)
Tortious interference with a contract
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
5. Termination by simply turning down the offer
rejection
quasi contract
Common Law
expiration
6. When a law remains untouched on the presidents desk for over 10 days after congress's adjournment
actus reus
Litigation
tort
Pocket Veto
7. The obligation to decide current cases based on previous rulings.
precedent
operation of law
Appellee
counter offer
8. Harm caused by a deliberate action
Depositions
intentional tort
Fraud
Contributory Negligence
9. You have no duty to assist someone in peril unless you created the danger
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10. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.
mirror image rule
forseeable harm
trespass
Contributory Negligence
11. (1)statement (2)falseness (3)communicated (4)injury
Qualifications for defamation
expiration
Total circuits in the court of appeals
larceny
12. A document filed by the losing party requesting the federal court to appeal a case.
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Henry DeBracton
fifth amendment
Writ of Certiorari
13. When the bill is debated to the floor of the house.
precedent
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
In the senate - after the bill leave committee it travels to...
Minimal scrutiny
14. Fraud using electronic communications of any kind;
Wire Fraud
Comparative Fault
Significance of 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Negligence per se
15. First 10 amendments of the constitution; Compromise between federalist and antifederalists; Protects natural rights of liberty and property
Where the bill goes after conference committee
strict liability
Substantial effect rule
Bill of Right
16. Judges who disagree with the majority holding; states their opposing opinion
What section of the Constitution grants congress it's powers?
Henry DeBracton
Medicare fraud
Dissenting Opinion
17. Arbitration and Mediation
What Freedom of speech includes
Filibuster
Two types of dispute resolution
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
18. Race - ethincity and fundamental rights; Any government action that intentionally discriminates against racial or ethnic minorities or interferes with a fundamental right is presumed invalid.
Federalism
Physical and Mental examination
Citation
Strict scrutiny
19. Common law rule; acceptance must be made on the same terms as the offer
mirror image rule
What Freedom of speech includes
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
you cannot revoke an offer...
20. Type of defense; the defendant is incapable of forming mens rea
Fraud
insanity
Bill of Right
Current Chief Justice
21. Someone on the property by right of a public place. highest duty of due care is owed to avoid negligence
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
negligent retention
invitee
Current Chief Justice
22. No self incrimination / due process (miranda warnings)
First African American Justice
Minimal scrutiny
fifth amendment
Res ipsa loquitor
23. 2/3 vote
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Bill
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
John Locke
24. Type of defamation tort; written defamation
Intermediate scrutiny
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
lible
25. A court will imply by conduct that there was an agreement between two parties
embezzlement
rejection
implied contract
The percentage vote to pass a bill
26. Requires a meeting of the minds
Collective Responsibility
Insurance Fraud
Fraud
agreement
27. To a committee to be studied; and then debated and voted upon; this is where new amendments can be added.
second requirement of a contract
sixth amendment
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
After a bill enters the house of rep or senate - it goes where...
28. Binding; an offeror cannot withdraw
Mail box rule
Administrative Law
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
third requirement of a contract
29. An offered can be terminated anytime before the offer has been accepted.
Substantial effect rule
Administrative Law
revocation
Conference committee
30. The study of how people ought to act; does not always mean legal.
Ethics
Two types of dispute resolution
Mediation
Negligence and strict liability
31. The defendant (defamer) knew the statement was false or acted with reckless disregard to the truth
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
Incorporation clause
Malice
Common Law
32. A violation of a duty imposed by a civil law.
Takings clause
tort
Qualifications for defamation
First Woman Justice
33. Wrote 'On the Laws and Customs of England'
Rationale
Henry DeBracton
Takings clause
third requirement of a contract
34. Capacity; the parties must be adults and mentally competent
fourth requirement of a contract
Strict scrutiny
Commercial Exploitation
strict liability
35. No state can deny citizens due process. (14th amendment) this incorporates states to be ruled under the constitution
regulation of interstate commerce
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
Incorporation clause
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
36. A law passed by a legislative body
Statute
John Locke
second requirement of a contract
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
37. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger
sixth amendment
What is not protected under the first amendment
fourth amendment
actus reus
38. Legality; the subject matter must be legal
actus reus
third requirement of a contract
Mediation
sixth amendment
39. Nine.
John Locke
third requirement of a contract
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court?
40. Reference code; label for looking the case up
Citation
tort
Current Chief Justice
Pleadings
41. Injury
operation of law
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
Mail Fraud
Ethics
42. A defendant breaches his duty of due care by failing to behave the way a reasonable person would under similar circumstances
John Locke
Citation
Negligence
breach of duty
43. James Madison - 1789
The primary drafter of the constitution
Medicare fraud
actus reus
Physical and Mental examination
44. A person who volluntarily enters a situation that has an obvious danger cannot complain is he/she is injured
Strict scrutiny
Procedural due process
Bill
Assumption of the risk
45. Type of intentnional tort; intentionally entering land that belongs to someone else or remaining on land after being asked to leave
Defamation
Contributory Negligence
trespass
Request of production of documents and things
46. Section of the fourteenth amendment where courts must provide equal protection to all cases based on scrutiny
Equal Protection Clause
revocation
fifth amendment
RICO
47. Action - print and other expression. Broader than the spoken word
letters of intent
The primary drafter of the constitution
What Freedom of speech includes
eighth amendment
48. FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
Substantial effect rule
Who regulates commercial speech
Step four in filing a civil law suit
49. The party opposing the appeal
Negligence and strict liability
Concurring Opinion
Appellee
forseeable harm
50. They set time limits for debate - decide how fast the law should be deliberated and when the bill goes to the floor for debate.
assault
attractive nuisance
The percentage vote to pass a bill
The job of the Rules Committee