IntroToLawExam#4

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Intro To Law Exam #4 Ch. 9-12 1. Antenuptial agreements  Consider current assets/debts of the parties. 2. Divorce on the grounds of irreconcilable differences  Is the method intended to be used when neither party wishes to prove blame for the dissolution 3. What is required for a valid will?  Will must be in writing. The deceased believed death to be imminent and the terms of the will were declared to witnesses who would not stand to inherit. 4. Reasonable conduct may require.  Action  Nonaction  Implied knowledge 5. What is the most common type of real property ownership in this country?  Fee Simple 6. Res ipsa loquitur is  Is used when plaintiff does not have access to evidence regarding causation. 7. The reasonable person acts like  The most careful person under similar circumstances. 8. What is adverse possession?  Obtaining title property without consent or voluntary transfer by the owner when certain conditions are met. 9. Which of the following is used to express ownership and interests in land?  Freehold Estates 10. Reasonable conduct may require  Action  Nonaction  Implied knowledge 11. Damages in cases of intentional torts  May be estimated by the trier of fact. 12. Enforceable antenuptial agreements  Include fair and full disclosure of assets of the parties at the time of the agreement. 13. In a determination of the issue of proximate cause, the trier of fact considers  The two types of facts. 14. Negligence requires  Duty  Breach of standard of care  Compensable damage 15. Antenuptial agreements usually do not address what?  Custody of children the parties expect to have 16. A valid and legal marriage requires  Legal Capacity

 Voluntary assent by both parties  Appropriate statutory license requirements 17. Intestate Estates  Have no valid will 18. An action to have one declared legally incompetent must be based on  Disability that is mental in nature and origin 19. A person with a life estate cannot  Sell the property 20. Heirs include  A spouse  Blood relatives  Parents and siblings of a spouse  Adopted relatives 21. Legal definition of negligence: conduct that falls below the expected standard of care that is both the actual and proximate cause of plaintiff's injury. List the fourt elements: Duty: Expected standard of care. Breach: Failure to conduct oneself within the prescribed standard of care. Causation: Actual: But for the defendant's negligent conduct, plaintiff would not have been injured. Legal/Proximate: Plaintiff's injuries were foreseeable, as was the plaintiff a foreseeable victim. Harm: Property or physical injured endured by the plaintiff.

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