ACP AUDITING - RISK BASED APPROACH
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ISBN: 9780357195079
Author: JOHNSTONE
Publisher: CENGAGE C
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Chapter 4, Problem 17MCQ
To determine
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Breach of contract:
Breach of contract is a legal term used in contract law. Breach of contract refers to the situation when any party of the contract fails to fulfill his part of the obligation as decided in the contract.
To choose: The correct option.
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The following are grounds for liability to pay damages, except:
a. Negligence
b. Fraud
c. Contravention of the tenor of the obligation
d. Advance
which of the following is true?
a.When what is to be delivered is a generic thing, the creditor may ask a person other than the debtor to perform the obligation.
b.Dolo incidente relates to the fraud committed at the time of the perfection of a contract.
c.When negligence is imputed as a cause for the breach in an obligation, the same is presumed.
TRUE or FALSE
1. Statute of Fraud requires that certain executed contracts must be reduced into writing to prevent the commission of fraud.
2. Annulment of the contract is the proper remedy if the contract does not reflect the real intention of the parties and the element of the consent is already present.
3. Automatic transfer of ownership from the creditor to the debtor which is prohibited by law is also known as pactum commissorium.
4. Stipulation pour autrui applies only to executory contracts.
5. Mutual promise to marry which was reduced into writing is enforceable.
6. As a rule, a contract entered into by a guardian on behalf of a minor is rescissible.
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ACP AUDITING - RISK BASED APPROACH
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