Types of Acts

Question 1

How many acts (transactions) are there

Answer 1

9 including three sub transactions

Question 2

Simple

Answer 2

one person can accomplish the act (one will, single document)

Question 3

Collegial

Answer 3

several physical persons belonging to a single unit can accomplish the act (one will of a collective, single document)

Question 4

Multiple act

Answer 4

the will of ONE person or group resulting in one document directed at many persons/groups (one will - single or collective, a series of original documents or multiple originals)

Question 5

Contract

Answer 5

power depends on two or more named parties (individual motivations may be different, the will to accomplish the act is one)

Question 6

Collective

Answer 6

identical will to produce the act, but of many different persons or organizations; the act is recorded in ONE document

Question 7

Compound Act

Answer 7

the final execution of a compound act depends on a series of acts of any of the previous types and their related documents

Question 8

Continuative Acts

Answer 8

the same individual/group must manifest the same will multiple times (e.g. city council must pass a motion multiple times)

Question 9

Complex Acts

Answer 9

multiple individuals/groups undertake a series of simple (collegial) identical acts in order to accomplish a final act

Question 10

Acts on procedure

Answer 10

the final act is the result of a series of acts of any type, by any number of individuals/groups with different motivations or wills but all directed at the accomplishment of the final act