Legal Environment of Business Final Exam Flashcards

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Agent
  1. Agent- The person who on behalf of a principal deals with a third party.
Apparent authority
  1. Apparent authority- The authority that a third party in an agency relationship perceives to exist between the principal and the agent. In fat, no actual authority does exist. Sometimes also called ostensible authority.
Arbitration
  1. Arbitration- Submission of a dispute to an extrajudicial authority for decision.
European Union
  1. European Union- Created by the Treaty of Rome, an organization that seeks to facilitate the free movement of goods, services, labor, professions transportation, and capital among European countries.
Assault
  1. Assault- The intentional creation of immediate apprehension of injury or lack of physical safety.
Bubble concept
  1. Bubble concept- A procedure by which the EPA allows a business to treat its entire plant complex as though encased in a bubble. The business suggests its own methods of cleanup, provided the total pollution does not exceed certain limits.
Consequentialism
  1. Consequentialism- An ethical system that concerns itself with the moral consequences of actions.
Conspiracy
  1. Conspiracy- A combination or agreement between two or more persons for the commission of a criminal act.
Copyright
  1. Copyright- A statutorily created property in creative expression that protects authors.
Derivative suit
  1. Derivative suit- A lawsuit filed by one or more shareholders of a corporation against that organization’s management. This suit is brought to benefit the corporation directly and its shareholders indirectly.
Discovery
  1. Discovery- Procedures by which one party to a lawsuit may obtain information relevant to the case from the other party or from third persons.
Environmental Impact Statement
  1. Environmental Impact Statement- A filing of documents required by the National Environmental Policy Act that forces governmental agencies to consider the environmental consequences of their actions.
Frolic and Detour
  1. Frolic and Detour- The activity of an agent or an employee who has departed from the scope of the agency and is not, therefore, a representative of his or her employer.
General Partner
  1. General Partner- The owner of a limited partnership that enjoys the control of the partnership’s operation. This type of partner is personally liable for the debts of the limited partnership.
Grand Jury
  1. Grand Jury- Consists of 23 citizens that live within the jurisdiction of the court that would try on of an accused crime; for an indictment to be returned, a majority of the grand jury must find that a crime has been committed and that evidence is sufficient to warrant the accused’s standing trial (probable cause).Only used in major crimes.