law part 4
almost property
Quasi-property means
domestic relations courts
courts that handle divorce and child custody cases are known as
mutilation
embalming is a form of
disinterment
exhumation is a term for
church
in regards to the no-property theory, the dead body was under the control of the
common law
the major source of mortuary law is
per stripes
the method of dividing an intestate estate where a class or group of distributees take the share which their deceased should have been entitled to, and not as many individuals is distribution
decomposition
the most positive sign of death is
it must appear to be seriously intended, it must be communicated to the offeree (1,3)
the requirement for a valid offer includes which of the following
an easement
the right that one person has to use the property of another for a special purpose is known as
corpse
the term synonymous to a dead body (or a dead body at law) is a
an independent contractor
a trade embalmer acts as
punitive
damages in excess of those required to compensate the plaintiff for the wrong done are
physical duress, emotional duress, economic distress (2,3,4)
duress is classified according to the nature of the threat as
holder in due course
parties who acquire rights superior to those of the original owner are known as
a premium
the consideration of an insurance policy is
policy holder
the person protected against loss is the
furniture
which of the following is classified as movable personal property
the wife
which of the following is not considered to be consanguineous
never used in the United States of America
the legal status of a dead human body known as the "property theory" is
legatee
the person who is the beneficiary of personal property by a will is the
beneficiary
the person who receives the proceeds from an insurance policy is called the
eminent domain
the power of government to take private property against the objection of the owner for a public purpose is
police power
the power to adapt laws for the protection of the public is
there must be an offer, there must be acceptance (3,4)
the two essential elements of a contract are
quasi-property theory
with regard to the dead human body, the courts have adopted a
a devisee
a person receiving a gift of real estate in a will is
wills
a probate court is concerned with
crime
a punishable offense against society is defined as a
an endowment policy
a reducing term insurance policy plus savings account is called
the title and the item are transferred upon completion of the transaction
a sale is different from a contract to sell in that in a sale
the inheritance statute
a surviving spouse may avoid being written out of a will by invoking
a policy
a written insurance contract is
replevin
an action to recover possession of property unlawfully detained or its value is
nuncapative will
an oral will stated to a witness is a
district attorney
another name for a prosecutor is
necropsy
another term for autopsy is
underwriter
another term for insurer is
surviving spouse
as a rule, the right of a decent disposal belong to the
felony
a crime usually punishable by death or incarceration in a penitentiary for more than one year is a
is not property in a real sense
a dead human body
quasi-property
a dead human body is said to be
cadaver
a dead human body used for anatomical study is a
another state
a foreign corporation is one that is chartered in
private carrier
a funeral home's family car is considered a
an encumbrance
a lien or mortgage against real property is
a whole-life policy
a life insurance policy in which premium payments continue to death or until age 100, whichever occurs first, is
decent burial
Not necessarily stated but held to be true by most citizens of the united states is the right to a
a lien
a charge against another's property as security for a debt or claim is
two or more legally competent persons
a contract is a legally enforceable agreement between
