Letter C (69 terms) – KLEE Legal Aptitude Test 3
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A person's ability to enter into a legal agreement is called
- A. Consent
- B. Capital
- C. Capacity
- D. Consideration
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Capacity = legal ability to contract; a minor lacks it.
Punishing someone for a crime by killing them is
- A. Conditional discharge
- B. Curfew
- C. Corporal punishment
- D. Capital punishment
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
Capital punishment = death penalty.
An agreement between businesses to restrict competition and keep prices high is a
- A. Consortium
- B. Cartel
- C. Covenant
- D. Charity
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
A cartel restricts competition.
Law based on the results of previous court cases is
- A. Case law
- B. Bye-law
- C. Civil law
- D. Statute law
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Case law = judge-made law from precedents.
"Caveat" means
- A. A summons
- B. A promise
- C. A guarantee
- D. A warning
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
Caveat = warning (Latin).
"Caveat emptor" means
- A. The buyer is always right
- B. Let the seller beware
- C. Let the buyer beware
- D. Goods sold are not returnable by law
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Caveat emptor warns buyers they may not get compensation for faulty goods.
"Certiorari" is
- A. An order to release a detained person
- B. An order of a higher court that a lower court's case be reviewed
- C. An order to perform a public duty
- D. An order prohibiting a lower court from proceeding
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Certiorari = review/quashing of a lower court's decision.
The reason someone is entitled to sue another is the
- A. Cause of action
- B. Case stated
- C. Claim form
- D. Causation
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Cause of action = ground to sue.
"Causation" means
- A. Making a claim in court
- B. One thing being done causing something else to happen
- C. The reason someone can sue
- D. A warning to buyers
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Causation links act and result.
Any property except freehold land is a
- A. Chattel
- B. Abuttal
- C. Hereditament
- D. Easement
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Chattel = any property except freehold land.
Tangible goods such as watches, clothes and furniture are
- A. Hereditaments
- B. Intangible property
- C. Chattels personal
- D. Chattels real
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Chattels personal are movable tangible goods.
"Chattels real" is another name for
- A. Personal goods
- B. Freehold land
- C. Intellectual property
- D. Leasehold land
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
Chattels real = leasehold land.
Evidence which suggests a fact but does not prove it is
- A. Conclusive evidence
- B. Circumstantial evidence
- C. Direct evidence
- D. Hearsay evidence
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Circumstantial evidence suggests but does not prove.
Evidence which by law cannot be disputed is
- A. Circumstantial evidence
- B. Secondary evidence
- C. Conclusive evidence
- D. Hearsay evidence
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Conclusive evidence cannot be disputed.
The person making a claim is the
- A. Claimant
- B. Consignee
- C. Appellant
- D. Defendant
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Claimant = person who claims.
A section in a contract is a
- A. Condition
- B. Covenant
- C. Charge
- D. Clause
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
A clause is a section of a contract.
Making someone do something by using force or threats is
- A. Collateral
- B. Conciliation
- C. Coercion
- D. Concealment
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Coercion = force or threats.
Extra security given for a debt in addition to the main security is
- A. Collateral
- B. Consideration
- C. Charge
- D. Covenant
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Collateral is additional security.
When sentences for different crimes are served at the same time, they are
- A. Conditional discharges
- B. Concurrent sentences
- C. Consecutive sentences
- D. Suspended sentences
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Concurrent = served simultaneously.
When sentences for different crimes are served one after another, they are
- A. Concurrent sentences
- B. Curfews
- C. Community service orders
- D. Consecutive sentences
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
Consecutive = one after another.
Something which must happen before a contract starts is a
- A. Conditional discharge
- B. Covenant
- C. Condition subsequent
- D. Condition precedent
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
Condition precedent comes before the contract operates.
Something which may happen in the future and, if it does, will affect a contract is a
- A. Condition subsequent
- B. Consideration
- C. Counterclaim
- D. Condition precedent
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Condition subsequent affects an existing contract later.
"Consideration" in a contract means
- A. A warning to the buyer
- B. The price you pay for something
- C. The capacity of the parties
- D. The agreement of the parties
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Consideration = the price paid.
The person to whom goods have been sent is the
- A. Consignor
- B. Bailor
- C. Consignee
- D. Bearer
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Consignee receives goods; consignor sends them.
An agreement by two or more people to commit a crime is
- A. Collusion by bailment
- B. Counterfeit
- C. Coercion
- D. Conspiracy
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
Conspiracy = agreement to commit a crime.
Disobeying a court order or abusing a judge during a case is
- A. Counterclaim
- B. Conversion
- C. Contempt of court
- D. Conspiracy
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Contempt of court covers these acts.
Your own carelessness contributing to the harm you suffer is
- A. Contributory negligence
- B. Gross negligence
- C. Composite negligence
- D. Vicarious liability
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Contributory negligence reduces damages.
The document that transfers ownership of land is a
- A. Citation
- B. Conveyance
- C. Charge sheet
- D. Covenant
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
A conveyance transfers land ownership.
Being found guilty of a criminal offence is
- A. Acquittal
- B. Conviction
- C. Indictment
- D. Citation
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Conviction = finding of guilt.
"Corpus delicti" refers to
- A. The guilty mind
- B. A dead body only
- C. The facts which make up an offence (or the body of a person unlawfully killed)
- D. The burden of proof
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Corpus delicti = body of the crime.
A barrister or a group of barristers is referred to as
- A. Brief
- B. Bar Council
- C. Bench
- D. Counsel
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
Counsel = barrister(s).
Making a claim in court against someone who has already sued you is a
- A. Counterclaim
- B. Caveat
- C. Citation
- D. Cross-examination
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
A counterclaim is a claim back against the claimant.
Something forged or copied with intent to deceive is
- A. Corpus
- B. Counterfeit
- C. Conversion
- D. Collateral
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Counterfeit = forged or fake.
To question a witness for the other side is to
- A. Cross-examine
- B. Re-examine
- C. Examine-in-chief
- D. Cite
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Cross-examination is questioning the opposing side's witness.
"Culpa" (Latin) means
- A. Body
- B. Warning
- C. Blameworthiness or fault
- D. Agreement
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Culpa = fault.
A court ordering someone to stay at a named place at stated times is a
- A. Community service order
- B. Closing order
- C. Charging order
- D. Curfew
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
Curfew restricts movement at stated times.