Mortuary Law Compend- Multiple Choice Flashcards
When a funeral director has a dead human body in his care, he is properly termed a:
- Bailee
- Bailor
- Custodian
- Consignor
Custodian
When a funeral director has the personal effects of a dead human body in his possession, he is proberly termed a:
- Bailee
- Bailor
- Custodian
- Consignee
Bailee
A person appointed by the court to oversee the estate of an intestate is called:
- Heir
- Executor
- Legatee
- Administrator
Administrator
A personal represetative of the decedent appointed in the will to carry out the provisions of the will is called:
- Devisee
- Administrator
- Executor
- Surrogate
Executor
The right to sue the federal government is derived from:
- The Clayton act
- The Robinson-Patman act
- The Federal Claims act
- The Federal Trade Commission act
The Federal Claims Act
A written disposition of property, real or personal, to take effect at the death of an individual.
- Will
- Lease
- Deed
- Promissory Note
Will
When a person dies without a will, he is said to die:
- Testate
- Intestate
- Executor
- Administrator
Intestate
A person who dies leaving a valid will is called a:
- Testator
- Intestate
- Administrator
- Donor
Testator
An addition or modification of a will is known as a:
- Gift
- Letters testamentary
- Deed
- Codicil
Codicil
The filing and proving of the will following death.
- Lawsuit
- Accounting
- Probate
- Specific Performance
Probate
A contract that is of no legal effect.
- Voidable
- Formal
- Valid
- Void
Void
A contract that may be set aside by at least one of the parties.
- Voidable
- Formal
- Valid
- Void
Voidable
A contract which is enforceable by the courts.
- Voidable
- Formal
- Valid
- Void
Valid
You receive an offer in the mail containing no stipulations as to the acceptance, and you decide to return your acceptance by mail. The agreement is complete when the acceptance is:
- Received by the offeror
- Placed in the mail by the offeree
- Received by the offeree
- Never complete, must be an oral acceptance
Placed in the Mail by the Offeree
One who induces another to enter into a contract as a result of an intentionally or recklessly false statement of material fact is guilty of:
- Fraud
- Duress
- Unjust enrichment
- Undue influence
Fraud
A private or civil wrong, either intentional or caused by negligence, for which there may be action for damages is:
- Fraud
- Tort
- Unjust enrichment
- Undue influence
Tort
A term involving a relation of trust or confidence is:
- Fiduciary
- Fraud
- Bailment
- Usury
Fiduciary
A breach of the duty or care one individual has towards others.
- Criminal
- Negligence
- Civil law
- Promissory estoppel
Negligence
The maximum amount of interest that may be charged.
- Capital rate
- Legal rate
- Prime rate
- Contract rate
Contract Rate
Any rate of interest above the maixmum rate allowable by law.
- Fiduciary
- Usurious
- Undulant
- Duress
Usurious
A contract in which the terms have not been fully performed by all the parties.
- Executory
- Executed
- Void
- Voidable
Executory
A contract in which undue influence was proven.
- Valid
- Void
- Voidable
- Express
Voidable
The laws of city councils.
- Statutes
- Ordinances
- Torts
- Constitutions
Ordinances
The power or authority which each court has to hear cases.
- Forbearance
- Disaffirmance
- Jurisdiction
- Judicial power
Jurisdiction
In order to be enforceable, a valid contract must meet which of the following requirements? (more than one answer)
- Mutual agreement
- Competent parties
- Supported by consideration
- Lawful purpose
1, 2, 3 and 4
A contract under seal.
- Simple
- Executed
- Executory
- Formal
Formal
Mutual mistakes as to the existence of the subject matter renders a contract:
- Valid
- Void
- Voidable
- Unenforceable
Void
The election to void a contract is called:
- Ratification
- Usury
- Disaffirmance
- Forbearance
Disaffirmance
A restatement of one’s willingness to be bound by his promises made during minority.
- Ratification
- Usury
- Disaffirmance
- Forbearance
Ratification
A contract made by a legally declared insane person (Burke) is:
- Valid
- Void
- Voidable
- Unenforceable
Void
A contract made by a person who is intoxicated, but aware of the consequences of his/her actions is:
- Valid
- Void
- Voidable
- Unenforceable
Valid
Whatever the promisor demands and receives as the price for his promise is called:
- Consideration
- Forbearance
- Disaffirmance
- Ratification
Consideration
When one promises to refrain from doing something, his conduct is known as:
- Consideration
- Forbearance
- Disaffirmance
- Ratification
Forbearance
The statute listing certain classes of contracts which must be in writing to be enforceable is called the:
- Statute of Written Contracts
- Statute of Limitations
- Statute of Frauds
- Statute of Contracts
Statute of Frauds
The means whereby one party conveys his rights in a contract to another who is not a party to the original contract is called:
- Assignment
- Bill of sale
- A contract of agency
- Novation
Assignment
The substitution of a new party for the original party who is to perform is called:
- Assignment
- Replacement
- A contract of agency
- Novation
Novation
When one party to a contract breaches it, the other party has the right to sue for breach of contract, but he must exercise this right within the time fixed by a statute which is called:
- Statute of Time
- Statute of Limitations
- Statute of Frauds
- Statute of Contracts
Statute of Limitations
Customs which have come to be recognized by the courts as law describes:
- Constitutional law
- Case law
- Common law
- Criminal law
Common Law
A contract made by an insane person who has not be declared so judicially is:
- Valid
- Void
- Voidable
- Unenforceable
Voidable
The damages awared to an injured in a contract in which the injured party is entitled to compensation for the exact amount of the loss.
- Nominal damages
- Compensatory damages
- Punitive damages
- Liquidated damages
Compensatory Damages
Written instruments drawn in a special form, which can be transferred from person to person as a substitute for money or as instruments of credit.
- Negotiable instrument
- Bailments
- Fungibles
- Contracts
Negotiable Instrument
An unconditional written promise made by one person to another, signed by the maker, engaging to pay on demand or a fixed future time, a sum certain in money to order or to bearer.
- Draft
- Check
- Promissory note
- Certificate of deposit
Promissory Note
A draft drawn on a bank and payable on demand.
- Promissory note
- Debenture
- Certificate of deposit
- Check
Check
The contract between a principal and an agent creates a relationship called:
- Debenture
- Agency
- Novation
- Ultra vires
Agency
An association of individuals united for a common purpose and permitted by law to use a common name and to change its members without dissolution of the association.
- Cooperative
- Corporation
- Proprietorship
- Partnership
Corporation
A corporation has a distinct existence separate and apart from the existence of its individual members.
- Fiduciary
- Annuity
- Proprietary
- Entity
Entity
The owners of a corporation are known as:
- Directors
- Stockholders
- Makers
- Promoters
Stockholders
The right to declare dividends depends upon the discretion of the:
- Promoter
- Stockholders
- Board of directors
- Shareholders
Board of Directors
The profits of a corporation belong to the corporation until set aside by the directors for distribution as:
- Drafts
- Patents
- Dividends
- Deeds
Dividends
All physical items that are not real property are classified as _______.
- Personal property
- Perpetual property
- Short-term property
- General property
Personal Property
Anything that may be owned, possessed, used, or disposed of for a price.
- Slander
- Property
- Estoppel
- Usury
Property
Land, timber, minerals, buildings, and other man-made property permanently attached to land.
- Real property
- Personal property
- Tangible personal property
- Intangible personal property
Real Property
Property rights consisting merely of evidences of ownership of property, such as copyrights, checks, notes and stocks.
- Real property
- Mixed property
- Intangible personal property
- Tangible personal property
Intangible Personal Property
Personal property which can be seen and touched.
- Tangible personal property
- Intangible personal property
- Limited personal property
- Real property
Tangible Personal Property
The law whose purpose is to compensate the aggrieved, not to punish the wrongdoer.
- Business law
- Tort law
- Criminal law
- State law
Tort Law
When the duty of care that a motorist owes other motorists and pedestrians is breached and results in injury or damage to another, the motorist has committed a:
- Tort
- Felony
- Criminal act
- Misdemeanor
Tort
The extinction or withdrawal of a legacy by an act equivalent to revocation.
- Ademption
- Probate
- Abatement
- Intestacy
A will written entirely by the testator with his own hand.
- Regular will
- Holographic will
- Testate will
- Noncupative will
Holographic Will
A proportional reduction of a legacy when the funds or assets out of which such legacy are payable are not sufficient to pay it in full.
- Ademption
- Codicil
- Probate
- Abatement
Abatement
The condition of an estate of a deceased person which is unable to pay the debts of the decedent and/or the estate is referred to as being:
- Solvent estate
- Intestacy per stirpes
- Intestacy per capita
- Involvent estate
Insolvent Estate
Of the following, under normal circumstances, the one(s) having the primary right to control final disposition of a deceased person is:
- Brothers and sisters
- Grandparents
- Children of legal age
- Parents
Children of Legal Age
When a dead human body is in the mortuary, the funeral home is said to have:
- Actual custody
- Constructive custody
- Present custody
- Contract of custody
Actual Custody
Perjury is:
- Silence
- False testimony
- Duress
- Undue influence
False Testimony
A document which defines the relationship of the government itself and of its citizens is:
- The uniform commercial code
- Civil law
- Common law
- A constitution
A Constitution
In the field of business law, the most important statute is:
- The Uniform Commercial Code
- The business code of ethics
- the Federal Tort Claims Act
- common law
The Uniform Commercial Code
A permanent order, issued by a court, forbidding activities which would be detrimental to others is
- a restraining order
- an injunction
- a statute
- a writ of habeus corpus
an injunction
to read the charge of an indictment is
- to annul
- to assault
- to set bond
- to arraign
to arraign
defamation of character by spoken words or gestures is
- attest
- slander
- breach
- libel
slander
Laws enacted by legislative bodies are:
- Statutes
- Injunctions
- Ordinances
- Constitutions
Statutes
in the state court, the chief officer is
- the marshall
- the bailiff
- the clerk of the court
- the judge
the judge
a temporary order forbidding a certain action is
- statute
- restraining order
- injunction
- writ of habeus corpus
a restraining order
the court having sole jurisdiction over estates is
- the magistrates court
- the justice of peace
- the county court at law
- the probate court
the probate court
common law is based on
- customs
- legacies
- written law
- trust
customs
parol evidence is
- legalit
- battery
- spoken words
- chattel
spoken words
a formal written command issued by a court of law
- a writ
- a warranty deed
- a note payable
- a will
a writ
a failure to volunteer or reveal information not requested is termed
- default
- compromis
- complaint
- concealment
concealment
which of the following is not a type of inferior state court?
- justice of the peace court
- juvenile court
- magistrate court
- small claims court
juvenile court
laws passed by local governments are
- ordinances
- statutes
- torts
- unenforceable
ordinances
the doctrine of stare decisis is concerned with
- sits
- torts
- criminals
- case law
case law
a court of original general jurisdiction is
- an original court
- a supreme court
- an appellate court
- a trial court
a trial court
the law of the land in the united states is the
- US constitution
- president
- executive decree
- executory
US constitution
what is right and just refers to
- judicial admission
- equity
- deprivation
- superior
equity
the party who institutes a court action is the
- administrator
- bailor
- plaintiff
- defendant
plaintiff
the highest court of the land in the United States is the
- state supreme court
- appeals court
- superior court
- us supreme court
us supreme court
the highest court of a state is the
- court of appeals
- state supreme court
- superior court
- court of original general jurisdiction
state supreme court
a process may be referred to as
- a warrant
- a summons
- a verdict
- an appeal
a summons
The decision of a jury is:
- Warrant
- Summons
- Judgement
- Verdict
Verdict
a federal court of appeals is
- a trial court
- an appellate court
- a probate court
- a superior court
an appellate court
common law developed in
- england
- egypt
- bulgaria
- mexico
england