Funeral Service Law Compend

The decision of a jury is the

Verdict

A contract that may be set aside by at least one of the parties is

Voidable

A person below the adult age is

A minor

A temporary order forbidding a certain action is

A restraining order

A personal representative of the decedent appointed in the will to carry out the provisions of the will is called

Executor

Perjury is

False testimony

A will written entirely by the testator with his own hand is properly termed a

Holographic will

Which of the following is a mistake that does NOT render an agreement defective? (a) Identity of subject matter (b) Identity of the party of parties (c) Terms of the contract (d) Existence of the subject matter

Terms of the contract

The court having sole jurisdiction over estates is

The probate court

To read the charge of an indictment is

To arraign

A permanent order, issued by a court, forbidding activities which would be detrimental to others is

An injuction

The doctrine of stare decisis is concerned with

Case law

Whatever the promisor demands and receives as the price for his promise is called

Consideration

A contract under seal is called

Formal

Law passed by local governments are

Ordinances

A person who dies leaving a valid will is called a

Testator

The right to sue the federal government is derived from

The Federal Claims act

In the state court, the chief officer is

The judge

A private or civil wrong, either intentional or caused by negligence, for which there may be action for damages is

Tort

A contract that is of no legal effect is

Void

In order to be enforceable, a valid contract must meet which of the following requirements

1. Mutual agreement 2. Competent parties 3. Supported by consideration 4. Lawful purpose

A federal court of appeals is

An appellate court

An expressed willingness from a person to enter into a contractual agreement is

An offer

Law which is concerned primarily with those rules of conduct involving financial transactions between individuals or legal entities is

Business law

One who induces another to enter into a contract as a result of an intentionally or recklessly false statement of a material fact is guilty of

Fraud

The power or authority which each court has to hear cases is called its

Jurisdiction

The filing and proving of the will following death is called

Probate

Anything that may be owned, possessed, used, or disposed of for a price is called

Property

When the duty of care that a motorist owes other motorists and pedestrians is breached and results in injury or damage to another, that motorist has committed a

Tort

The law whose purpose is to compensate the aggrieved, not to punish the wrongdoer is

Tort law

A written disposition of property, real or personal, to take effect at the death of an individual is called a

Will

A draft drawn on a bank and payable on demand is a

Check

Of the following, under normal circumstances, the one(s) having primary right to control final disposition of a deceased person is (a) brothers and sisters (b) grandparents (c) children of legal age (d) parents

Children of legal age

An addition or modification of a will is known as a

Codicil

Common law is based on

Customs

The election to void a contract is called

Disaffirmance

The profits of a corporation belong to the corporation until set aside by the directors for distribution as

Dividends

Common law developed in

England

A corporation has a distinct existence separate and apart from the existence of its individual members which is known as a

Entity

What is right and just refers to

Equity

A contract in which the terms have not been fully performed by all parties is said to be

Executory

A term involving a relation of trust or confidence is

Fiduciary

The laws of city councils are called

Ordinances

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

Placed in the mail

The party who institutes a court action is the

Plaintiff

An unconditional written promise made by one person to another, signed by the maker, engaging to pay on demand or at a fixed future time, a sum certain in money to order or to bearer is a

Promissory note

Land, timber, minerals, buildings, and other man made property permanently attached to land are called

Real property

The statute listing certain classes of contracts which must be in writing to be enforceable is called

Statue of Frauds

When one party to a contract breaches it, the other party has the right to sue breach of contract, but he must exercise this right within the time fixed by a statute which is called

Statute of Limitations

Laws enacted by legislative bodies are

Statutes

The owners of a corporation are known as

Stockholders

The contract between a principal and an agent creates a relationship called

Agency

Personal property which can be seen and touched is

Tangible personal property

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 is a

Corporation

When a funeral director has a dead human body in his care, he is properly termed a

Custodian

Customs which have come to be recognized by the courts as law describes

Common law

A contract made with which of these people would be considered void? (a) Intoxicated person (b) Minor (c) Adult (d) Judicially declared insane person

Judicially declared insane person

Which of the following is not a type of inferior state court? (a) Justice of the peace court (b) Juvenile court (c) Magistrate court (d) Small claims court

Juvenile court

Rules of civil conduct commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong defines

Law

In the field of business law,the most important statute is

The Uniform Commercial Code

When a funeral director has the personal effects of a dead human body in his possession, he is properly termed a

Bailee

The failure to volunteer or reveal information not requested is termed

Concealment

The maximum amount of interest that may be charged is called the

Contract Rate

The damages awarded an injured party in a contract in which the injured party is entitled to compensation for the exact amount of the loss are called

Compensatory damages

When one promises to refrain from doing something, his conduct is known as

Forbearance

Property rights consisting merely of evidences of ownership of property, such as copyrights, checks, notes and stocks, are

Limited personal property

The substitution of a new party for the original party who is to perform is called

Novation

All physical items that are not real property are classified as

Personal property

A restatement of one's willingness to be bound by his promises made during minority is called

Ratification

A breach of the duty of care one individual has others is called

Negligence

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, are called

Negotiable instuments

To cancel or annul or avoid a contract is to

Recind

Defamation of character by spoken words or gestures is

Slander

Parol evidence is

Spoken words

The highest court of a state is the

State supreme court

Any rate of interest above the maximum rate allowable by law is said to be

Usurious

A contract made by a person who is intoxicated, but aware of the consequences of his/her actions is

Valid

A contract which is enforceable by the courts is

Valid

A contract made by a legally declared insane person is

Void

Mutual mistakes as the existence of the subject matter renders a contract

Void

A contract in which undue influence was proven is considered

Voidable

A contract made by a person who is so intoxicated as to be unaware of the consequences is

Voidable

A contract made by an insane person who has not been declared so judicially is

Voidable

A process may be referred to as

A summons

A court of original general jurisdiction is

A trial court

A formal written command issued by a court of law

A writ

Laws that are designed to protect or prevent any individual from controlling a large share of a market or products are

Anti-trust laws

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

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

Insolvent estate

A newspaper advertisement can be an offer if it shows

Intent

When a person dies without a will,he is said to die

Intestate

A document which defines the relationship of the government itself and of its citizens is

A constitutions

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 is

Abatement

When a dead human body is in the mortuary, the funeral home is said to have

Actual custody

The extinction or withdrawal of a legacy by an act equivalent to revocation is called

Ademption

Orders and decrees from government agencies which have the force of law is considered

Administrative law

A person appointed by the court to oversee the estate of in intestate is called

Administrator

The right to declare dividends depends upon the discretion of the

Board of directors

The law of the land in the US is the

US Constitution

The highest court of the land in the US is the

US Supreme court