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Fall Business Law
Business Law Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Involves the values that govern a group's ideas about right and wrong | Morality |
| The rules used to determine the difference between right and wrong | Ethics |
| Examining whether the action will cause the greatest good for the most people | The Greatest Good Rule |
| "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" | The Golden Rule |
| Putting yourself in another person's position. | Empathy |
| Treating people fairly and equally | Justice |
| What are the four Ethical Character Traits | Honesty, Justice, COmpassion, Integrity |
| A system of rules of conduct established by a country's government to | Law |
| What are the five main sources of the law | Constitutional Law, Common Law, Statue Law, Civil Law, and Administrative Law |
| A country's formal document that spells out the principles by which its government operates. | Constitution |
| A set of laws made by the courts which provide a series of consistent rules that later courst must follow. | Common Law |
| A law passed by a government body that has been made for the purpose of creating laws. | Statute |
| The body of rules created by government agencies | Administrative Law. |
| A court's power to hear a case and to make a judgment | Jurisdiction |
| A court that hears appeals and reviews cases from the lower courts. | Appellate Court |
| Any act against the public good and/or society punishable by fine, imprisonment or both | Crime |
| Party that accuses a person of a crime | Plaintiff |
| Government official who brings the case | Prosecutor |
| Person being accused of the crime(alleged criminal) | Defendant |
| A major crime punishable by fine, imprisonment or death | Felony |
| A less serious crime punishable by fine or imprisonment(county or city jail) | Misdemeanor |
| A minor offense that is usually punishable with a fine (no jail) | Infractions |
| What are the elements of a crime? | Criminal Act and the State of mind |
| Is Motive an element of a crime? | Motive is not an element but is used to help prove someone guilty in court. |
| The killing of a human being | Homicide |
| Unlawful killing of another human being with malice. | Murder |
| Killing of another human being without malice | Manslaughter |
| Unlawful touching of another person with reckless behavior or criminal intent | Battery |
| Attempt to commit a threat | Assualt |
| What are the two types of Assualt | Simmple Assault and Aggravated Assault |
| Unlawful removal or restraint of a person | Kidnapping |
| Breaking and entering with the intent to commit a felony or misdemeanor | Burglary |
| Unlawful taking of someone's personal property with the intent to keep the property away from that person. | Larceny |
| Concealment of an item offered for sale is intent to steal | Prima Facie Evidence |
| Wrongful taking away of personal property of another accompanied by violence or threats | Robbery |
| The willfufl and maliciousburning of a dwelling/building | Arson |
| WIllful or malicious damage to property | Vandalism |
| Wrongful taking away of another;s property by a person who has been entrusted with that property | Embezzlement |
| Taking of someone's money or property by intentionally deceiving that person. | Fraud |
| False making or changing of a writing with the intent to defraud(legal effect) | Forgery |
| Criminals hide large amounts of money by putting the money into a legal business | Money Laundering |
| Waging war against the U.S. or giving aid and comfort to the enemies of the U.S. | Treason |
| Lie under oath | Prejury |
| Hinder the ability of the court to move forwaard in the judicial process | Obstruction of Justice |
| Ignor a court order or show a lack of proper respect for the integrity of the court. | Contempt |
| To pay or give anything of value to public officials in order to influence their official activity. | Bribery |
| Unjust taking of money or a thing of value by a public official | Extortion |
| An activity that threatens to disrupt the social order, to imperil public safety or to jeopardize the health of the public at large. | Disorderly Conduct |
| An activity that gererally requires agathering of at least 3 individuals who threaten to harm people or to damage property, or commmit these offenses. | Rioting |
| Person lacks capacity to know what he/shedid was wrong and the act was against the law | M'Naghten Rule - Irresistible Impulse Test - ALI test. |
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Mrs. Cunningham
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