1st exam

orders & decrees issued by govermental agencies that have the force of law

Statue that seeks to promote competition among business

to affirm to be correct, true or genuine

Rules of conduct for the performance of business transactions

• a branch of continental law which is the general part of private law
• a branch of common law dealing with disputes between individuals or organizations (as opposed to criminal law)
• Secular or civil law; law that is not religious law
• law that is not military law or martial law

type of law that involves a conflict between private persons or organizations

prohibits price discrimination to different purchases where price differences does not result from differences in selling or transporation cost. Prohibits agreements to sell on the condition that the purchaser shall not use goods of the sellers competitors, ownership of stock or assets in a competing business where the effect may be to substantially lessen competition & interlocking directors between boards of directors of competing firms.

english custom recognized by courts as binding

representing goods or services as those of another

document that contains fundamental principles of a goverment

court of record in which case is first tried

sum of money a wrongdoer must pay to an injured party

court that handels divorce or related cases

principals that determin the morality of condut, it's motives and it's duties

trial court of federal court system

a more serious court

unauthorized person who gains access to another's computer

the act or an instances of infringing; a violation

court's permanent order forbiding an action

false statement of fact that degrades quaility of another's goods or services

authority of a court to hear a case

govermental rule prescribing conduct and carrying a penalty for violation

defamation of another without legal justification

failure to exercise reasonable care

• inferior=the judge, justice of the peace, magistrate, trial justice
• state=sheriff
• federal= marshall

law enacted by a city

activity illegal regardless of its effect

is a request to change something, most commonly made to a government official or public entity.

Software copied illegally

person who begins a civil lawsuit

court's temporary order forbidding an action

• Racketeer Influenced and Corrup Organizations Act
• is a federal law designed to prevent the infiltration of legitimate business by organized crime.

an amendment to the Clayton Act, prohibits price discrimination generally & geographically for the purpose of eliminating competition

is the most important antitrust law, prividing that anyone who monopolizes or tries to obtain a monopoly in interstate commerce is guilty of a felony

defamation of charachter by spoken words or justice

principles that a court decision controls the decision of a similar future case

law enacted by legislative bodies

• is the crime of stealing
• shoplifiting
• embezzalment
• larceny

private wrong for which damages may be recovered

person whose action causes injury

regulates sales & leases of goods; negotiable instruments, such as checks; secured transactions; and particular aspects of banking and fund transfers, letters of credit, warehouse receipts, bills of lading and investment securities.

is the supreme law of the United States. It is the foundation and source of the legal authority underlying the existence of the United States of America and the federal government of the United States.

hears cases involving claims against the US goverment

is the highest judicial body in the United States, and leads the federal judiciary. It consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight Associate Justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed with the "advice and consent" (majority vote) of the Senate

location where a case is to be tried

decision of a jury

an offense that can be either a felony or a misdemeanor

order to produce record of a case