Across
- 5. protections provided to authors of original work
- 12. wealthy individuals who seek high returns through private investments
- 20. money raised by a business or investor in exchange for a share of ownership of the company
- 21. when someone has a strict duty to ensure something is safe
- 22. legal agreement between two or more people to be responsible for a business
- 24. intentional wrongdoing
- 27. amounts of money borrowed which will accumulate interest
- 30. guaranteed by collateral; items pledged making sure debt is repaid
- 31. branch of civil law dealing with issues affecting families
- 32. occurs when the losing party is dissatisfied with the result of the case and ask a higher court to reverse the decision
- 33. someone who has business experience and will aid in guiding a company to success
- 35. direct a law enforcement officer to take a minor from the person who currently has possession of the child and deliver the minor to the person with legal rights over the child
- 37. money borrowed from a business or investor which must be repaid over time with interest
- 39. partners share equal liability in the profits and losses of the business
- 41. separate legal entity which forms a board to act as governing bodies
- 42. law which allows a group of people to conduct business as a single unit, for example a group ownership
- 44. illegal use of civil procedure
- 45. grants of intellectual property rights to the inventor
- 46. begins when the plaintiff files a lawsuit stating what he or she wants done
Down
- 1. laws which deal with property owned by a business or entity
- 2. partners have an unequal share and liability in the business; they are responsible only for the amount they invested
- 3. loans which are in small amounts
- 4. right or license to sell a company’s product or service at a designated location
- 6. physical transfer of a legal document to one person to another
- 7. written commands from the court to act or abstain from acting in some way
- 8. used in civil cases for matters of repossessing property or monetary judgment
- 9. business which leases its trade name and operating system to another person
- 10. forbid a person from engaging in certain activities which affect the victim
- 11. money in savings which can pay expenses when income may not be accumulating
- 13. person or persons who pay fees to a company to operate a business under the franchisor’s trade name
- 14. used to collect debt from a third party rather than directly from the defendant
- 15. unintentional wrongdoing
- 16. business owned and operated by one individual
- 17. individual or groups which own a business and its legal entities
- 18. system of laws which regulates personal or private matters and governs disputes between individuals
- 19. words, symbols, names or devices used to specify goods and to differentiate them from others
- 23. wealth in the form of money or property; used in a business by a person, partnership or corporation
- 25. prohibit a person from being in physical or verbal contact with the victim
- 26. set of laws which provide remedies to individuals who have been injured by the wrongful acts of others
- 28. business which is granted a charter establishing its own rights, privileges and liabilities distinct from those of its members
- 29. groups of individuals who invest their money in various types of companies in search of making a profit
- 34. begins when a person commits an offense against any of the following types of civil law: tort law, contract law, property law, and family law
- 36. unique names which identify Internet sites and businesses
- 38. an order which is required to restrain a person from performing an act or going near another person
- 40. individuals authorized by law to serve legal documents
- 41. deals with agreements between 2 or more parties,each of which is obligated to hold up their side of the agreement
- 43. the seizing of money or property