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20 Cards in this Set
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Circulars |
Notices are advertisements sent to certain groups of people. |
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Commercial speech |
Communications made for business purposes. Speech made in the pursuit of capitalism is commercial speech, and it is less protected under Free Speech doctrines than religious or political speech. |
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Fraudulent information |
Material misrepresentation of fact. Omissions can also be fraudulent. |
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Inappropriate implications |
Unjustified expectations, side-stepping the law. |
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Inappropriate comparisons |
Comparisons that are unverifiable. |
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Puffing |
A real word, used in sales contacts to mean an opinion or belief that is not meant to be taken as a statement of fact or warranty. |
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Warranty |
A statement that amounts to a promise of quality or the Assurance of certain facts. |
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Inter Alia |
A Latin phrase that means among other things. |
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Plea bargaining |
Negotiating in a criminal case, resulting in the prosecutor and the defendant agreeing to dispose of the charges through a settlement in which the defendant pleads guilty to a lesser charge. |
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Libelous |
Libel is a false written statement that is published and made in order to harm the reputation of another. |
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Slander |
Slander is the spoken form of libel. Libel and slander are different forms of defamation. |
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Patent |
The grand of ownership and an invention, giving the owner exclusive rights over the invention for a certain number of years. |
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Admiralty |
Admiralty law involves the traditional rules and practices associated with the navigation of the sea or commercial transaction conducted on navigable waterways. Admiralty law is also known as maritime law. |
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Accident runners |
Persons hired by lawyers to find personal injury clients, usually by going to the scene of accident or disasters. Accident Runners are respected even less than ambulance Chasers. |
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Executive committee |
The select group of a law firms Partners were responsible for the managing of the firm's economic performance and setting its long-range goals. Including on the executive committee is the firm's managing partner. |
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Injunction |
A court order forbidding a party to do something or ordering them to start doing something. |
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Written solicitation |
Act or instance of requesting or seeking business or information through writing. Targeted mailers are considered a form of written solicitation. |
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Foreclosure |
The act of a creditor to take ownership and control of property that was used as collateral by the debtor. |
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Pecuniary |
That which concerns money. |
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Class action |
A lawsuit brought by a representative of a large group of plaintiff or perspective plaintiff on behalf of the group. Rule 23 of the federal rules of civil procedure governs class actions. |