LAS 210 Exam 2 Questions and Correct Answers.
10. Acceptance - > Agreement of the offer to be bound by the terms of the offer
12. Accession - > 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 - > An overt wrongful act.
9. Adoption - > 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 - > 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 - > 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 - > An expression of the parties' willingness to be bound to the terms of
a contract.
9. Alimony - > 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 - > An action in which a marriage partner seeks to prove that no valid
marriage ever existed.
8. Appeal - > A process for obtaining review by a higher court of a lower court's
decision.
8. Arraign - > 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 - > (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 - > (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 - > The person to whom an assignment is made.
10. Assignment - > The transfer of contractual rights to another person.
10. Assignor - > The person making an assignment.
10. Assumpsit - > 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 - > 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 - > 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 - > A person who commits goods to another person (the bailee) in trust for a
specific purpose.
11. Battery - > An unlawful touching, beating, wounding, or laying hold, however trifling,
of another's person or clothes without his consent.
10. Benefit - > The receipt by the promisor of some legal right to which the person had
not previously been entitled.
10. Bilateral Contract - > Contracts in which the parties exchange mutual promises to do
some future act.
8. Bill of Attainder - > 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. Acceptance - > Agreement of the offer to be bound by the terms of the offer
12. Accession - > 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 - > An overt wrongful act.
9. Adoption - > 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 - > 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 - > 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 - > An expression of the parties' willingness to be bound to the terms of
a contract.
9. Alimony - > 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 - > An action in which a marriage partner seeks to prove that no valid
marriage ever existed.
8. Appeal - > A process for obtaining review by a higher court of a lower court's
decision.
8. Arraign - > 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 - > (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 - > (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 - > The person to whom an assignment is made.
10. Assignment - > The transfer of contractual rights to another person.
10. Assignor - > The person making an assignment.
10. Assumpsit - > 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 - > 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 - > 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 - > A person who commits goods to another person (the bailee) in trust for a
specific purpose.
11. Battery - > An unlawful touching, beating, wounding, or laying hold, however trifling,
of another's person or clothes without his consent.
10. Benefit - > The receipt by the promisor of some legal right to which the person had
not previously been entitled.
10. Bilateral Contract - > Contracts in which the parties exchange mutual promises to do
some future act.
8. Bill of Attainder - > A legislative act that declares a person guilty of a crime and
imposes punishment (generally capital punishment). Used in lieu of the judicial process.
