MORTUARY LAW 252 FINAL EXAM
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A person who has obtained the age of majority, is competent, and is not suffering
under a disability that would limit his/her reasoning such as drug influence, stroke, or
otherwise diminished mental capacity is the definition of: -
✔️responsible party
Legal principle of determining outcomes of cases by reliance upon previous cases as
authoritative is the definition of: -
✔️stare decisis
A term synonymous to a dead body is: -
✔️corpse
A will that is entirely handwritten and signed by the testator and is not accepted in all
states is called a: -
✔️holographic will
When a funeral director has a dead human body in his care, he is properly termed a:
-
✔️custodian
Mutilation of the body is considered a: -
✔️tort
Considering the deceased is survived by each of the following, the primary right and
duty of disposition belongs to: -
✔️the surviving spouse
The legal status of a dead human body is said to be: -
✔️quasi-property
A person that conducts or holding himself/herself out as being engaged in preparing
other than by embalming for the burial or disposition of dead human bodies is the
definition of a: -
✔️funeral director
A public official who investigates violent, suspicious, or sudden death is called a: -
✔️coroner
Which of the following is not a method of disposition of an adult human body?
1. Cremation
2. Burial
3. Hospital Disposal
4. Maritime Law -
, ✔️hospital disposal
The lawful rights of a funeral director undertaking a funeral are primarily derived from
what two sources? -
✔️statutes and funeral contract
A condition of the estate of a deceased person who died without having made a will
is considered: -
✔️intestate
A standardized act intended to systematize the probate process is: -
✔️uniform probate code (UPC)
An exchange of promises the parties have explicitly set out within the terms whether
orally or in writing or a combination of both at the time that it is made is called: -
✔️expressed consent
A legally binding agreement between two or more persons or entities in exchange for
valuable consideration enforceable by law is the definition of: -
✔️a contract
The most positive sign of death is: -
✔️decomposition
Land and anything attached to it is the definition of: -
✔️real property
The right to direct disposition of a dead human body and acquire actual custody or
actual physical possession is considered: -
✔️constructive custody
A civil wrongdoing act or infringement of another's rights other than a breach of
contract in which damages or an equitable remedy is sought is the definition of a: -
✔️tort
A violation of duty, law, or promise defines a: -
✔️breech
A system of rules which are enforced through our social customs to govern our
behavior as those behaviors concern mortuary practice: -
✔️mortuary law
A legal written document granting one person (the agent or attorney in fact) the
power to act for another person (the principal) with either broad powers or limited
powers to make legal decisions about the principal's property, medical care, or
finances is: -
✔️power of attorney
The licensed act of preserving, disinfecting, and restoring human remains generally
for repose best describes: -
PREP latest 2023/2024
A person who has obtained the age of majority, is competent, and is not suffering
under a disability that would limit his/her reasoning such as drug influence, stroke, or
otherwise diminished mental capacity is the definition of: -
✔️responsible party
Legal principle of determining outcomes of cases by reliance upon previous cases as
authoritative is the definition of: -
✔️stare decisis
A term synonymous to a dead body is: -
✔️corpse
A will that is entirely handwritten and signed by the testator and is not accepted in all
states is called a: -
✔️holographic will
When a funeral director has a dead human body in his care, he is properly termed a:
-
✔️custodian
Mutilation of the body is considered a: -
✔️tort
Considering the deceased is survived by each of the following, the primary right and
duty of disposition belongs to: -
✔️the surviving spouse
The legal status of a dead human body is said to be: -
✔️quasi-property
A person that conducts or holding himself/herself out as being engaged in preparing
other than by embalming for the burial or disposition of dead human bodies is the
definition of a: -
✔️funeral director
A public official who investigates violent, suspicious, or sudden death is called a: -
✔️coroner
Which of the following is not a method of disposition of an adult human body?
1. Cremation
2. Burial
3. Hospital Disposal
4. Maritime Law -
, ✔️hospital disposal
The lawful rights of a funeral director undertaking a funeral are primarily derived from
what two sources? -
✔️statutes and funeral contract
A condition of the estate of a deceased person who died without having made a will
is considered: -
✔️intestate
A standardized act intended to systematize the probate process is: -
✔️uniform probate code (UPC)
An exchange of promises the parties have explicitly set out within the terms whether
orally or in writing or a combination of both at the time that it is made is called: -
✔️expressed consent
A legally binding agreement between two or more persons or entities in exchange for
valuable consideration enforceable by law is the definition of: -
✔️a contract
The most positive sign of death is: -
✔️decomposition
Land and anything attached to it is the definition of: -
✔️real property
The right to direct disposition of a dead human body and acquire actual custody or
actual physical possession is considered: -
✔️constructive custody
A civil wrongdoing act or infringement of another's rights other than a breach of
contract in which damages or an equitable remedy is sought is the definition of a: -
✔️tort
A violation of duty, law, or promise defines a: -
✔️breech
A system of rules which are enforced through our social customs to govern our
behavior as those behaviors concern mortuary practice: -
✔️mortuary law
A legal written document granting one person (the agent or attorney in fact) the
power to act for another person (the principal) with either broad powers or limited
powers to make legal decisions about the principal's property, medical care, or
finances is: -
✔️power of attorney
The licensed act of preserving, disinfecting, and restoring human remains generally
for repose best describes: -
