LAS 210 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
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10. Acceptance - ANSWER Agreement of the offer to be bound by the terms of the offer
12. Accession - ANSWER A neutral increase in one's property. Examples include the
interest earned on money deposited in a bank account, or crops grown on one's land, or
new born puppies delivered by one's dog.
8. Actus Reus - ANSWER An overt wrongful act.
9. Adoption - ANSWER A social and a legal process by which the rights and duties
accompanying the parent-child relationship are transferred from birth parents to
adoptive parents.
12. Adverse Possession - ANSWER Also known as "easement by prescription." One
who's possession of another's reality is continuous, open and notorious, adverse and
hostile, and a legally specified period of time can bring a "quiet title action" in court at
the end of the time period and, if successful, obtain a marketable title.
9. Agency Adoption - ANSWER Birth Parents consent to the termination of their parental
rights and surrender child to an adoption agency that selects the adoptive parent(s) and
places the child.
10. Agreement - ANSWER An expression of the parties' willingness to be bound to the
terms of a contract.
9. Alimony - ANSWER Court order requiring that an economically strong spouse pay for
financial support to an economically dependent spouse where it is necessary and
appropriate. Some jurisdictions deny alimony to a spouse who's marriage ended as a
result of that person's marital fault.
,9. Annulment - ANSWER An action in which a marriage partner seeks to prove that no
valid marriage ever existed.
8. Appeal - ANSWER A process for obtaining review by a higher court of a lower court's
decision.
8. Arraign - ANSWER To bring a criminal accused person formally before a court for the
purpose of having him/her answer charges brought by the prosecution.
8. Arrest - ANSWER (1) The seizing and detaining of a person in custody by lawful
authority. (2) Taking of another into the custody for the actual or purport rated purpose
of bringing the other before a court, or of otherwise securing the administration of the
law. (3) The seizure and detention of personal chattels, especially ships and vessels
libeled in a court of admiralty.
11. Assault - ANSWER (1) strictly speaking, threatening to strike or harm. (2) A
threatening gesture, with to without verbal communication. If a blow is struck, it is
battery. (3) Attempting to cause or purposely, knowingly, or recklessly causing bodily
injure to another, or negligently causing bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon,
or attempting by physical menace to put another in fear of imminent serious bodily
injury; also called simple assault.
10. Assignee - ANSWER The person to whom an assignment is made.
10. Assignment - ANSWER The transfer of contractual rights to another person.
10. Assignor - ANSWER The person making an assignment.
10. Assumpsit - ANSWER A common law writ used to remedy some breaches of a duty
(called undertakings) that had previously been actionable under the old writ of trespass
on the case.
, 11. Assumption of Risk - ANSWER A defense to a claim for negligent injury to a person
or property, i.e., a person who voluntarily exposes himself or his property to a known
danger may not recover for injuries thereby sustained.
12. Bailment - ANSWER A broad expression which describes the agreement,
undertaking, or relationship which is created by the delivery of personal property by the
owner, i.e., the bailor, to someone who is not an owner of it, i.e., the bailee, for a specific
purpose, which includes the return of the personal property to the person who delivered
it, after the purpose is otherwise accomplished. In a bail- ment, dominion and control
over the personal property usually pass to the bailee. The term is often used to
describe, e.g.: (1) The gratis loaning of an automobile for the borrower's use. (2) The
commercial leasing of an automobile for a fee. (3) The delivery of an automobile to a
repairman for the purpose of having it repaired. (4) The delivery of an automobile to a
parking attendant for storage, when the keys are left with the attendant.
12. Bailor - ANSWER A person who commits goods to another person (the bailee) in
trust for a specific purpose.
11. Battery - ANSWER An unlawful touching, beating, wounding, or laying hold, however
trifling, of another's person or clothes without his consent.
10. Benefit - ANSWER The receipt by the promisor of some legal right to which the
person had not previously been entitled.
10. Bilateral Contract - ANSWER Contracts in which the parties exchange mutual
promises to do some future act.
8. Bill of Attainder - ANSWER A legislative act that declares a person guilty of a crime
and imposes punishment (generally capital punishment). Used in lieu of the judicial
process.
10. Capacity - ANSWER Where a person is of legal age and is not otherwise so impaired
as to be substantially incapable of making decisions for himself/herself.
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10. Acceptance - ANSWER Agreement of the offer to be bound by the terms of the offer
12. Accession - ANSWER A neutral increase in one's property. Examples include the
interest earned on money deposited in a bank account, or crops grown on one's land, or
new born puppies delivered by one's dog.
8. Actus Reus - ANSWER An overt wrongful act.
9. Adoption - ANSWER A social and a legal process by which the rights and duties
accompanying the parent-child relationship are transferred from birth parents to
adoptive parents.
12. Adverse Possession - ANSWER Also known as "easement by prescription." One
who's possession of another's reality is continuous, open and notorious, adverse and
hostile, and a legally specified period of time can bring a "quiet title action" in court at
the end of the time period and, if successful, obtain a marketable title.
9. Agency Adoption - ANSWER Birth Parents consent to the termination of their parental
rights and surrender child to an adoption agency that selects the adoptive parent(s) and
places the child.
10. Agreement - ANSWER An expression of the parties' willingness to be bound to the
terms of a contract.
9. Alimony - ANSWER Court order requiring that an economically strong spouse pay for
financial support to an economically dependent spouse where it is necessary and
appropriate. Some jurisdictions deny alimony to a spouse who's marriage ended as a
result of that person's marital fault.
,9. Annulment - ANSWER An action in which a marriage partner seeks to prove that no
valid marriage ever existed.
8. Appeal - ANSWER A process for obtaining review by a higher court of a lower court's
decision.
8. Arraign - ANSWER To bring a criminal accused person formally before a court for the
purpose of having him/her answer charges brought by the prosecution.
8. Arrest - ANSWER (1) The seizing and detaining of a person in custody by lawful
authority. (2) Taking of another into the custody for the actual or purport rated purpose
of bringing the other before a court, or of otherwise securing the administration of the
law. (3) The seizure and detention of personal chattels, especially ships and vessels
libeled in a court of admiralty.
11. Assault - ANSWER (1) strictly speaking, threatening to strike or harm. (2) A
threatening gesture, with to without verbal communication. If a blow is struck, it is
battery. (3) Attempting to cause or purposely, knowingly, or recklessly causing bodily
injure to another, or negligently causing bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon,
or attempting by physical menace to put another in fear of imminent serious bodily
injury; also called simple assault.
10. Assignee - ANSWER The person to whom an assignment is made.
10. Assignment - ANSWER The transfer of contractual rights to another person.
10. Assignor - ANSWER The person making an assignment.
10. Assumpsit - ANSWER A common law writ used to remedy some breaches of a duty
(called undertakings) that had previously been actionable under the old writ of trespass
on the case.
, 11. Assumption of Risk - ANSWER A defense to a claim for negligent injury to a person
or property, i.e., a person who voluntarily exposes himself or his property to a known
danger may not recover for injuries thereby sustained.
12. Bailment - ANSWER A broad expression which describes the agreement,
undertaking, or relationship which is created by the delivery of personal property by the
owner, i.e., the bailor, to someone who is not an owner of it, i.e., the bailee, for a specific
purpose, which includes the return of the personal property to the person who delivered
it, after the purpose is otherwise accomplished. In a bail- ment, dominion and control
over the personal property usually pass to the bailee. The term is often used to
describe, e.g.: (1) The gratis loaning of an automobile for the borrower's use. (2) The
commercial leasing of an automobile for a fee. (3) The delivery of an automobile to a
repairman for the purpose of having it repaired. (4) The delivery of an automobile to a
parking attendant for storage, when the keys are left with the attendant.
12. Bailor - ANSWER A person who commits goods to another person (the bailee) in
trust for a specific purpose.
11. Battery - ANSWER An unlawful touching, beating, wounding, or laying hold, however
trifling, of another's person or clothes without his consent.
10. Benefit - ANSWER The receipt by the promisor of some legal right to which the
person had not previously been entitled.
10. Bilateral Contract - ANSWER Contracts in which the parties exchange mutual
promises to do some future act.
8. Bill of Attainder - ANSWER A legislative act that declares a person guilty of a crime
and imposes punishment (generally capital punishment). Used in lieu of the judicial
process.
10. Capacity - ANSWER Where a person is of legal age and is not otherwise so impaired
as to be substantially incapable of making decisions for himself/herself.
