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Business Law Vocab - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A document filed by the losing party requesting the federal court to appeal a case.
Writ of Certiorari
Dissenting Opinion
uniform commercial code
Style of a Case
2. Aka imminent domain; government cant take a persons land unless they prove it will be used for a public purpose and provide proper compensation.
Separation of powers
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
intrusion
Takings clause
3. Defamation - obscenity - speech that creates danger
Step four in filing a civil law suit
element 4 of a negligence lawsuit
Supremacy clause
What is not protected under the first amendment
4. A defendant breaches his duty of due care by failing to behave the way a reasonable person would under similar circumstances
invitee
Contributory Negligence
Defamation
breach of duty
5. First 10 amendments of the constitution; Compromise between federalist and antifederalists; Protects natural rights of liberty and property
third requirement of a contract
Bill of Right
when a bill is introduced to the Sentate is must have...
The job of the Rules Committee
6. Requires a meeting of the minds
Writ of Certiorari
Physical and Mental examination
Appellant
agreement
7. The study of how people ought to act; does not always mean legal.
regulation of interstate commerce
Ethics
expiration
mens rea
8. Type of intentional tort (and crime); injuring someone by deliberate deception
Strict scrutiny
Collective Responsibility
Step four in filing a civil law suit
Fraud
9. A party may ask the court to order an examination to find out if physical or mental damage is relevant
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
Physical and Mental examination
Ethics
lible
10. Due process or the right to a hearing
strict liability
French social commentator and political thinker who created the Separation of Powers theory
assault
fifth amendment
11. Thurgood Marshall
First African American Justice
insanity
conversion(2)
fifth amendment
12. You have no duty to assist someone in peril unless you created the danger
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13. 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
crime burden of proof
Mediation
fourth amendment
14. Reference code; label for looking the case up
Citation
Wire Fraud
How much of a majority is it to override a presidents veto
coercion
15. The legal doctrine whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation)
Collective Responsibility
third requirement of a contract
Negligence per se
Request of production of documents and things
16. Gender related; such laws must be substantially related to important government objectives. (gov't cant discriminate based on gender through the law making process)
Intermediate scrutiny
Ethics
Henry DeBracton
invitee
17. Sandra Day Oconnor
John Locke
counter offer
actus reus
First Woman Justice
18. Type of defense; when the government induces the defendant to break the law.
Negligence per se
second requirement of a contract
intrusion
entrapment
19. An act of a senate member to delay the close of debate or force a decision to be made.
Comparative Fault
Filibuster
Incorporation clause
Year when 'On the Laws and Customs of England' was written
20. Type of business crime; taking or using someones property
intentional tort
uniform commercial code
first amendment
conversion(2)
21. For the defendant to be liable - the type of harm must have been reasonably forseeable.
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
Patriot Act
battery
forseeable harm
22. Factual case
element 3 of a negligence lawsuit
Ethics
fourth requirement of a contract
slander
23. Establishes the idea precendent
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24. Any scheme that attempts to unlawfully obtain money or services illegally through the US postal service
assault
strict liability
Mail Fraud
Filibuster
25. Punishable by a prison sentence of one year or more
fourth amendment
What is not protected under the first amendment
felony
Current Chief Justice
26. Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
Federalism
crime burden of proof
Current Chief Justice
element 5 of a negligence lawsuit
27. Type of defense; the defendant is incapable of forming mens rea
Holding
insanity
Bill
trespass
28. Article I - Section 8
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29. Judges are obligated to follow precedent
tort
Assumption of the risk
Stare Decisis
Mail Fraud
30. Aricle IV section 2 of the constitution that states that the constitution and the united States are the laws of the land. Federal government trumps state law
precedent
Supremacy clause
larceny
element 2 of a negligence lawsuit
31. Law made by federal agencies; rules and regulations
Statute
Depositions
actus reus
Administrative Law
32. Reasoning court gives for the holding
Depositions
Statute
Rationale
RICO
33. James Madison - 1789
The primary drafter of the constitution
slander
RICO
Depositions
34. The introduction of a neutral third party in resolving a dispute; not a binding decision. Voluntary settlement.
Mediation
larceny
conversion(2)
Qualifications for defamation
35. Type of intentional tort; the intentional restraint of another without reasonable cause
false imprisonment
Style of a Case
regulation of interstate commerce
Concurring Opinion
36. The obligation to decide current cases based on previous rulings.
precedent
attractive nuisance
Stare Decisis
Negligence per se
37. Talking trash
The percentage vote to pass a bill
letters of intent
Defamation
Comparative Fault
38. Binding; an offeror cannot withdraw
Litigation
agreement
Mail box rule
Comparative Fault
39. 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.
first requirement of a contract
In a lawsuit attorneys have a burden of proof that shows liability by
third requirement of a contract
quasi contract
40. FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
The last step of a bill in the House of representatives is...
Who regulates commercial speech
Procedural due process
Negligence per se
41. The rules committee where it is put on a calendar.
tort
letters of intent
Mail Fraud
In the house of representatives - after a bill has left the first committee - it travels to...
42. Business tort; intrusion in to someones private life; being a voyeur
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Supremacy clause
intrusion
The job of the Rules Committee
43. A tithing of 10 men put together to hold each other accountable. Anglo-saxon method of keeping the peace.
Collective Responsibility
entrapment
crime burden of proof
Mediation
44. The defendant (defamer) knew the statement was false or acted with reckless disregard to the truth
Fraud
tort
regulation of interstate commerce
Malice
45. Sponsor.
Ethics
When a bill is introduced to the house of representatives it must have a...
Res ipsa loquitor
negligent retention
46. Legality; the subject matter must be legal
felony
Federalism
third requirement of a contract
Equal Protection Clause
47. The party opposing the appeal
Appellee
rejection
Holding
quasi contract
48. States who is suing who. Identifies parties.
Federal District Court
Style of a Case
Number of judges on the panel in the Court of Appeals
Current Chief Justice
49. A court will imply by conduct that there was an agreement between two parties
implied contract
Step three in filing a civil law suit
Where the bill goes after conference committee
Holding
50. During the option period of a contract
you cannot revoke an offer...
Common Law
Shire Reeves
Contributory Negligence