Quiz #5

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QUIZ #5: THE LETTER "E"

1. The abbreviation "et al." means:

I don't know

And others

For example

In other words

I ate it all!

2. "Extortion" is the crime of:

I don't know

Obtaining another person's property by tort

Obtaining another person's property by threat

Obtaining another person's property by fraud

Making all of your friends and family buy Amway products

3. Which of the following is an example of "embezzlement"?

I don't know

Robbing a bank during business hours

Robbing a bank after business hours

Snatching someone's purse

Stealing pens and legal pads from your employer's supply room

4. An example of "eminent domain" is:

I don't know

www.sex.com

The President's exclusive power over foreign affairs

Los Angeles' expropriation of private property to build another toll-road

Indianapolis naming its newest highway after David Letterman

5. A successful "entrapment" defense to solicitation of prostitution requires:

I don't know

Really good lawyers

Gullible jurors

That the defendant was not predisposed to commit the crime

All of the above

6. An "easement" is:

I don't know

A law that makes it easier for your landlord to evict you

A restriction of the landowner's use of the property

A right of one person to use another person's property

None of the above

7. An "enrolled bill" is:

I don't know

Preferable for doing lines of cocaine

A bill that has just been introduced and made part of the legislative calendar

A bill that has been passed by both houses

Your college tuition bill

8. Under the "exclusionary rule," which of the following is true?

I don't know

Very few blacks are allowed to play in the NHL

Illegally obtained evidence is inadmissible

The federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction over disputes between the states

Private clubs may restrict their membership so long as they have fewer than 100 members

9. A law is "ex post facto" if it:

I don't know

Makes a past act a crime

Affects both current and former postal employees

Prevents a defendant from proving certain facts

Allows public officials to post signs to capture fugitives

10. Property "escheats" to the state when:

I don't know

A person dies and all of his heirs are minors

A person dies and has no heirs

A person is caught cheating on his taxes

The governor gets caught cheating on his wife

11. Which of the following is an "evergreen contract?"

I don't know

A contract for landscaping services

A contract where the choice of law is Florida

A contract that can be renewed if both parties agree

A contract that automatically renews unless one party cancels it

12. The "doctrine of election" prevents:

I don't know

Florida from using the butterfly ballot in the 2004 election

Governments from imposing a poll tax

A person from enforcing a contract against both the agent and the principal

Politicians from suing election officials in their personal capacities

13. The "equivalents doctrine" states:

I don't know

Any debt may be paid in either cash or any cash equivalent

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

All men are created equal

A patentee may sue another for a competing device if they perform equivalent functions

14. Under the "ear-mark rule," commingled money:

I don't know

Has little baby money

Causes a corporation to lose its status as a limited liability entity

Prevents certain creditors from attaching a security interest to the money

Subjects lawyers to disciplinary action before the bar

15. The "Escobedo Rule" prevents:

I don't know

Certain confessions from being introduced into evidence

Major League Baseball from hiring American-born players

Your housekeeper from earning a decent wage

Prosecutors from introducing evidence of prior convictions

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