Deck 7: Legality in Contracts
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Deck 7: Legality in Contracts
1
Statutes which regulate the amount of interest rates charged are usury laws.
True
2
A statute can regulate which of the following?
A)Wagering
B)Professional licensing
C)All of the above
D)None of the above
A)Wagering
B)Professional licensing
C)All of the above
D)None of the above
C
3
A doctrine that avoids illegality and injustice is
A)divisibility.
B)severability.
C)unconscionability.
D)avoidability.
A)divisibility.
B)severability.
C)unconscionability.
D)avoidability.
A
4
AU contracts made on Sundays are illegal.
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5
Contracts that violate public policy are void.
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6
Wagering statutes are illegal in all states.
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7
Clauses that limit liability are exculpatory clauses.
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8
A usury contract relates to which of the following?
A)Interest rates
B)Severability
C)A policy
D)None of the above
A)Interest rates
B)Severability
C)A policy
D)None of the above
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9
Persons who are in pari delicto are not equally at fault.
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10
For a contract to be legal, it must have which of the following?
A)Legal purpose
B)Legal subject matter
C)All of the above
D)None of the above
A)Legal purpose
B)Legal subject matter
C)All of the above
D)None of the above
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11
A method of removing an illegality is to divide a contract into two sections.
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12
A covenant not to compete only restricts the time period of compensation.
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13
Clauses that limit a party's liability are
A)unconscionable.
B)illegal.
C)divisible.
D)exculpatory.
A)unconscionable.
B)illegal.
C)divisible.
D)exculpatory.
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14
The doctrine of pari delicto means which of the following?
A)A time to repent
B)All at fault
C)Equally at fault
D)A part of fault
A)A time to repent
B)All at fault
C)Equally at fault
D)A part of fault
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15
An illegal contract can be formed when a party violates a statute.
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16
A covenant to compete can be used as which of the following?
A)Incident to employment
B)Incident to a sale of business
C)All of the above
D)None of the above
A)Incident to employment
B)Incident to a sale of business
C)All of the above
D)None of the above
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17
Contracts can be illegal if they
A)violate public policy.
B)violate a statute.
C)all of the above.
D)none of the above.
A)violate public policy.
B)violate a statute.
C)all of the above.
D)none of the above.
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18
Blue laws prohibit the consummation of a contract on which day?
A)Monday
B)Sunday
C)Wednesday
D)Saturday
A)Monday
B)Sunday
C)Wednesday
D)Saturday
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19
The limited exceptions to illegality include which of the following?
A)Pari delicto
B)Laws poenitentiae
C)All of the above
D)None of the above
A)Pari delicto
B)Laws poenitentiae
C)All of the above
D)None of the above
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20
A contract must have a legal purpose and legal subject matter.
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