mortuary law

quasi-property is

"sort of" property

under the no-property theory, the dead human body was controlled by the

church

final disposition has occurred when the body is

i. autopsied ii. cremated iii. buried iv. entombed II, III, and IV

a state board may revoke a funeral director's license when

i. it receives a written complaint about him/her ii. the fuenral director fails to respond to the board concerning a complaint iii. the board has met and reached a decision to revoke iv. a court has convicted the funeral director of a felony II, III, IV

possession of which of the following makes a funeral home a bailee? the decedent's

i. money ii. body iii. clothes iv. jewelry I, III, IV

a funeral director's regular wages will NOT contain which of the following

i. vacation pay ii. attendance bonuses iii. expenses iv. profit sharing I, III, IV

a surviving spouse may avoid the effect of beign written out of a will by invoking the

inheritance statute

the condition of an estate of a deceased person which is unable to pay the debts of the decedent is referred to as being

insolvent

a bequest is

a gift of personal property by will

when the physical possession of a dead body lies with a funeral director but another funeral director has authority to control the final disposition, the first funeral director has

actual custody

the relationship a trade embalmer has with a funeral home is that of

an independent contractor

the person having the right to controll the funeral may exclude from the funeral

anyone he/she chooses

with respect to a will, the administrator is the person who is

appointed by the court

persons who are cosanguineous

are related by birth

when the beneficiary of an insurance policy wishes to use the proceeds of that poicy to pay a funeral bill, he/she may give the policy to the funeral director and sign an

assignment

a dead human body used for anatomical study is a

cadaver

an addition to or modification of a will is a

codicil

the major source of mortuary law is

common law

a dead human body is

corpse

when a funeral director takes possession of a dead human body he/she becomes a

custodian

the law states that every person has a right to a

decent burial

funerla homes are sunject to the wage and hour division which is part of the

department of labor

a person receiving a gift of real estate in a will is

divisee

a probate court is concerned with

estates

funeral homes are subject to the FLSA. FLSA stands for

fair labor standards act

under the magnuson-moss warranty act, a funeral home

guarantee the structural soundness of its caskets

a will written entirely by the testator in his/her own hand is

holographic

by signing an arrangement form, the next of kin and a funeral director have entered into

i. a bilateral contract ii. an unenforceable contract iii. a valid contract iv. an express contract I, III, IV

the removal of a beard without the permission of the next of kin could constitute

i. a tort ii. a crime iii. an estoppel iv. a mutilation I and IV

dead human remains are sometiems referred to as

i. corpses ii. cremains iii. cadavers iv. dead bodies I, III, and IV

the wage and hour division will look at which factors to determine whether or not an embalmer is an independent contractor

i. does the embalmer provide his/her own isntruments ii. does the embalmer perfoerm embalming for competing funeral homes iii. may the embalmer set his/her work schedule iv. does the embalmer fulfill the standards to be classified as a professional I, II, III

embalming is a form of

i. sanitation ii. preservation iii. mutilation iv. disposition I, II, III`

with respect to a will, the testator is the person who is

making a will

antoher name for autopsy is

necropsy

a replevinmay be used to reqcuire a dead body...

never

in the united states, the property theory regarding dead human bodies is

never used

a funeral home's family car is considered a

private carrier

the filing and proving of the will following death is

probate

the equal pay act prevents funeral home from pay discrimination based on

sex

the right to control disposition normally belongs to the

surviving spouse

a person who dies leaving a valid will is said to die

testate

a test for reasonableness of a funeral bill would NOT include

the fneral home's overhead

embalming without permission may be actionable as a

tort

when a testator orally states a will to a witness, the will is

unenforceable

those drivers in a funeral procession who are not under the direct control of the funeral home are

volunteer drivers

a medical examiner or coroner may order a post mortem examination

whenever he or she decides to

a written disposition of property which will take effect at the death of the author is a

will

a person receiving a gift of personal property in a will is

a legatee

a gift of personal property in a will is

i. an inheritance ii. a legacy iii. a bequest iv. a devise I, II, III

funeral homes must supply reasonable accommodations on the job to qualified individuals with a disability due to requirements mandated by the

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