Study sets matching "law bus 117"
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Contracts Injurious to Public Service
Contracts to Influence Fiduciaries
Exculpatory Clause
Contracts in Restraint of Trade
The public interest is best served when public officials fully…
Any agreement that tends to induce a fiduciary(a person in a p…
is a provision in a contract that attempts to relieve one part…
One of the basic assumptions underlying our economic system is…
Contracts Injurious to Public Service
The public interest is best served when public officials fully…
Contracts to Influence Fiduciaries
Any agreement that tends to induce a fiduciary(a person in a p…
Valid Contract
Contract
Parts of Contract
The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
has to have offer, acceptance, consideration
is a legally enforceable promise a set of promises
has to have offer, acceptance, consideration, capacity, volunt…
deals with many problems that might arise in a commercial tran…
Valid Contract
has to have offer, acceptance, consideration
Contract
is a legally enforceable promise a set of promises
A private individual or entity
Laws
Subject matter jurisdiction
Precedence over
In civil law a law suit is brought to the court by ___________…
________are created to help prevent and resolve disputes and s…
In order for a court to have jurisdiction it needs to have ___…
Federal statutes take_____________________ state statutes if t…
A private individual or entity
In civil law a law suit is brought to the court by ___________…
Laws
________are created to help prevent and resolve disputes and s…
Tort
Damages
master-servant rule
negligence
private or civil wrong, has to be civil (society) wrong... 1. dut…
monetary award intended to compensate the injured party for th…
holds the master (employer) liable for the conduct of the serv…
harm occurred as a result of the neglect or carelessness of th…
Tort
private or civil wrong, has to be civil (society) wrong... 1. dut…
Damages
monetary award intended to compensate the injured party for th…
Federal Trade Commission Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
Robinson Patman Act
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
1914 - Established to investigate and prevent unfair business…
1890 - A law that made it illegal to create monopolies or trus…
Passed in 1936, it aims to prevent businesses from selling the…
Federal agency formed in 1913 that approves all food, drugs, a…
Federal Trade Commission Act
1914 - Established to investigate and prevent unfair business…
Sherman Antitrust Act
1890 - A law that made it illegal to create monopolies or trus…
Norm
Natural Law
Litigate
Defendant
a custom shared by members of society about how they should be…
an ideal law
to carry on a legal contest by judicial process
a person required to make answer in a legal action
Norm
a custom shared by members of society about how they should be…
Natural Law
an ideal law
Tort
Damages
master-servant rule
negligence
private or civil wrong, has to be civil (society) wrong... 1. dut…
monetary award intended to compensate the injured party for th…
holds the master (employer) liable for the conduct of the serv…
harm occurred as a result of the neglect or carelessness of th…
Tort
private or civil wrong, has to be civil (society) wrong... 1. dut…
Damages
monetary award intended to compensate the injured party for th…
Morality
Ethics
Justice
Law
Involves the values that govern a group's ideas about right an…
referes to the rules used to determine the difference between…
treating people fairly and equaly
a system of rules of conduct established by a country's govern…
Morality
Involves the values that govern a group's ideas about right an…
Ethics
referes to the rules used to determine the difference between…
Crime
Tort
Treason
Felony
An offense against the public
A wrongful act that harms another person's well-being
The act of betraying one's country
A serious crime against society that is punishable by death or…
Crime
An offense against the public
Tort
A wrongful act that harms another person's well-being
Tort
Damages
negligence
Intentional torts
private or civil wrong for which the law grants a remedy
monetary award intended to compensate the injured party for th…
harm occurred as a result of the neglect or carelessness of th…
torts in which the defendant possessed the intent or purpose t…
Tort
private or civil wrong for which the law grants a remedy
Damages
monetary award intended to compensate the injured party for th…
Tort
Damages
negligence
Intentional torts
private or civil wrong for which the law grants a remedy
monetary award intended to compensate the injured party for th…
harm occurred as a result of the neglect or carelessness of th…
torts in which the defendant possessed the intent or purpose t…
Tort
private or civil wrong for which the law grants a remedy
Damages
monetary award intended to compensate the injured party for th…
tort
tortfeasor
elements of a tort
intentional tort
private wrong committed by one person against another
a person who commits a tort
possession of certain rights by innocent part; violation of ri…
actions that deliberately hurt, embarrass, or scare
tort
private wrong committed by one person against another
tortfeasor
a person who commits a tort
Real Property
Personal Property
Inter Vivos Gift
Gift Causa Mortis
Land, buildings, Trees, Shrubs
Tangible and intangible property
Property given while both parties are alive
A gift given by a living person who expects to die from a know…
Real Property
Land, buildings, Trees, Shrubs
Personal Property
Tangible and intangible property
tort
damages
master-servant rule
negligence
a private or civil wrong; an offense against society
a monetary award by the court to a person who has suffered los…
holds the master (employer) liable for the conduct of the serv…
the tort in which only carelessness and not intent is required…
tort
a private or civil wrong; an offense against society
damages
a monetary award by the court to a person who has suffered los…
Inference
Dissect
What type of law effects your business?
Sources of Law:
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
...
All of the above
Constitutional laws, Statutory laws, Uniform laws, Administrat…
Inference
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
Dissect
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contract
offeror
offeree
consideration
agreement between two parties that creates an obligation
party who makes an offer to form a contract
party to whom an offer is made
what a person demands and generally must receive in order to m…
contract
agreement between two parties that creates an obligation
offeror
party who makes an offer to form a contract
Cause of action
pleading
complaint
summons
legal basis for lawsuit
formal written statement or form presented to a court by each…
the pleading used to begin a lawsuit ... (1) facts necessary for…
document served on a defendant with a complaint
Cause of action
legal basis for lawsuit
pleading
formal written statement or form presented to a court by each…
Law
Common Law
Statues
Administrative Law
A system of rules of conduct established by the government of…
Because there was no written law, judges often made decisions…
Those rules and procedures established by regulatory agencies.
Laws specifically passed by a governing body that has been cre…
Law
A system of rules of conduct established by the government of…
Common Law
Because there was no written law, judges often made decisions…
real property
mislaid property
intellectual property
copyright
rights and interests in land, buildings and those things perma…
property that is placed intentionally somewhere but then forgo…
purely intangible personal property that one cannot physically…
protects the expression of a creative work, such as the work o…
real property
rights and interests in land, buildings and those things perma…
mislaid property
property that is placed intentionally somewhere but then forgo…
Purpose of tort law
Compensatory damages
Punitive damages
Intentional tort
To provide remedies for the violation of various protected int…
Money award equivalent to actual value of injuries or damages…
Money damages that may be awarded to a plaintiff to punish the…
Wrongful act knowingly committed
Purpose of tort law
To provide remedies for the violation of various protected int…
Compensatory damages
Money award equivalent to actual value of injuries or damages…
Assault
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Dis…
Slander
False Imprisonment
Unlawful touching of another person.
When someone causes great emotional distress due to extreme an…
Verbal or spoken lies.
Violation of your right to move around.
Assault
Unlawful touching of another person.
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Dis…
When someone causes great emotional distress due to extreme an…