Law questions missed on dead program

The right that one person has to use the property of another for a special purpose is known as

An easement

A lien or mortgage against real property is

An encumbrance

The most common method of creating an agency is by

Appointment

Which of the following is not a member of an allied profession, allied to the funeral profession?

Attorney

A document filled with the Secretary of State in which a corporation wishes to operate detailing the major components of the company

Charter

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

Constitution

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

A breach of contractual obligation other than failing to pay when the contract has been finished is called

Default

if the body is to be embalmed, the funeral home may charge which of the following services?

Embalming only

None of the 16 items required by the rule to be separately itemized on the GPL can be listed as "free" or "no charge". Items not required by the rule can be listed as

Free

Bailment in which the bailee does not receive any compensation is

Gratuitous bailment

When the buyer makes a selection of goods which are to purchased from the seller, the goods are classified as

Identified goods

Mrs. Popping dies without a will and her husband and 4 children go to a lawyer to find out who is entitled to her property. The lawyer informs Mr. Poppins that he will receive all of her property because they were legally married at the time of death. This is an example of

Intestate succession

Which of the following would not be an example of ethnicity?

Jewish

The person who signs the promissory note and is obligated to pay at maturity is called the

Maker of the note

The legal status of a dead human body known as the "property theory" is

Never used in the USA

If a family owns two funeral homes and hey both are incorporated under the same corporation document and all of the stocks is owned by members of the family, must they use the same GPL with the same prices at both locations?

No, the two locations may use different GPL

What would the death of a minority stockholder (a person holding only a small number of the total shares of the company) do to the company?

Nothing

The power to adopt laws for the protection of the public is

Police power

To cancel or annul or void a contract is to

Rescind

A contract made by a person who has consumed a small amount of alcohol, is not intoxicated and aware of the consequences of his/her actions is

Valid

Beliefs that are held in high esteem and become the rule and guide fo your life are

Values

A contract in which undue influence was proven considered

Void

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

Will

A formal written command issued by a court of law

Writ

If a funeral home chooses to serve a particular ethnic group which has a tradition of holding boisterous and unruly visitation (tailgates parties in the funeral home parking lot etc) may that funeral home ask for cleaning deposit in advance?

Yes

May a funeral home have a fee for correcting a DC (when the correction is not due to their negligence) plus cost of new copies

Yes

May a funeral home have a fee for obtaining DC's outside of it normal business area?

Yes

May a funeral home impose an additional fee for obtaining payment of the funeral bill from an estate or from assigned insurance?

Yes

May a funeral home include identification as part of its direct cremation charge?

Yes

May a funeral home list a separate fee on its GPL to conflict an identification prior to cremation?

Yes, depending on the state

An ethical funeral director is expected to be knowledgeable to and give factual representation of all of the following except

all of the various religions

The right to declare dividends depends upon the discretion of the

board of directors

A holographic will is

handwritten will

Parties who acquire rights superior to those of the original owner are known as

holder in due course

When a person dies with a will and probate approves the person in charge of settling the final affairs of the estate the person receives

letters of testamentary

Trustee

one who holds title to property or another position of trust to a beneficiary; in funeral arrangements, the person who has the right to control funeral does so on behalf of all survivors.

According to Kohlberg the state of moral development in which the individual considers universal moral principles which supersede the authority of the group is called

post conventional stage

Damages in excess of those required to compensate the plaintiff for the wrong done are

punitive

Ownership of corporate stocks is represented by

stock certificates

A check that a bank draws on its own funds and is signed by a responsible bank official but may be used by anyone to pay a debit is called

A cashiers check

A contract which is written so that either part may consider it as joint obligation or a group of individual obligation is

A joint and several contract

Which category if the GPL includes the fee for arranging a funeral?

Supervision of the funeral

Mr. greenjeans creates a valid will. Mr. Greenjeans is an example of a

Testator

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

Tort law