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1. 1) Adverse/hostile; 2) Open and notorious; 3) Continous for 21 years; 4) Uninterrupted. Tacking of periods is permitted.
Theft by Deception
Supression of Evidence
Americans w/ Disabilites Act
Prescriptive Easement
2. There is a presumption of assent unless a director votes against the actions of the board and the dissent is recorded. May be recorded in minutes or by providing the secretary a written statement during or shortly after the meeting.
Landlord Duties
Attorney-Client Communication
Board of Directors (Voting)
Fed Tax (Advancement)
3. T can incorporate by reference a document into her will so long as said document is in existence at the time at which the will is executed. Document to be incorporated by reference must be sufficiently identified in the will and its incorporation mus
Incorporation by Reference
Marital Property
Dying Declaration
1st Degree Murder
4. Use of force to aid in escape after committing a theft constitutes robbery.
Pre-Nuptial Agreements
Liability of Directors (improper distribution)
Robbery
Taxability of Embezzeled Property
5. Directors generally serve at the will of the shareholders and can be removed by the shareholders with or without cause. Directors may only be removed by the direcors for cause under limited circumstances.
Fee Agreements
Estates (Advancement)
Recklessly Endangering
Board of Directors (Removal)
6. Alleged prior bad acts are not relevant and are inadmissible for impeachment. Convictions for robbery (w/i 10 years) are admissible to impeach (crime of dishonesty).
Impeachment
Criminal Conspiracy
Taxability of Sale of Residence
Dormant Commerce Clause
7. There is a constructive eviction where the implied covenant for the quiet enjoyment of leased premises is breached. To establish a constructive eviction - there must be substantial interference with quiet enjoyment of leased premises - such that it d
Constructive Eviction
Americans w/ Disabilites Act
Retraint on Alienation
Summary Jugment
8. Marital misconduct may not be considered at an equitable division hearing. The Court should consider the parties' income as one factor in determining equitable property division.
Mitigation of Damages
Ademption
Tax (Life Insurance Policy Proceeds)
Equitable Division
9. An express warranty may be enforced by a third party beneficiary who was injured while a guest at the home of the purchaser of the goods to which the warranty applies.
Fee Agreements
Attorney Work Product
RPC (Prospective Client)
Applicability of Express Warranty
10. The Supreme Court has recognized certain zones of privacy are created by the Constitution. Personal medical information has been deemed within the ambit of the zone of privacy by judicial decision. A balancing test is applied to determine whether a p
Liquidated Damages
Privacy Rights
Defense of Minority
Mitigation of Damages
11. Exception exists for specially manufactured goods if the manufacturer has substantially performed and the goods are not saleable by the manufacturer.
Specially Manufactured Goods (SOF)
Deductibility of Restitution
CP (New Matter/Answer)
Deed (Delivery)
12. (a) After the relevant pleadings are closed but within such time as not to unreasonably delay the trial - any party may move for judgment on the pleadings. (b) The Court shall enter such judgment or order as shall be proper on the pleadings. The Moti
Contract Formation
Mitigation of Damages
Jgmt on the Pleadings
Gambling Winnings and Losses
13. Computation of actual damages is speculative or difficult to estimate or ascertain and amount of damages is a reasonable forecast of expected loss. Liquidated damages are an unenforceable penalty if the damages fixed in advance are highly disproporti
Pat Down Search
Emancipation
Merchants Confirming Memo
Liquidated Damages
14. A payment by an intestate decedent to his beneficiary accompanied by a writing that the payment is an advancement will be considered as partial payment of that beneficiary's inheritance.
Estates (Advancement)
4th Amendment Govt Employers
Lay Opinion Testimony
Jgmt on the Pleadings
15. The intestate estate of a decedent who does not leave a surviving spouse but does leave two surviving children (and no deceased children) passes in equal shares to the decedent's two children.
Corporate Opportunity
Negligence (Malpractice)
Estates (Intestate)
Liability of Directors (improper distribution)
16. The value of property acquired prior to marriage is non-marital property. The increase in value of premarital assets during the marriage is marital property subject to equitable distribution. The value of property received by inheritance during the m
Latent Ambiguity
Equitable Division
Supression of Evidence
Loss of Consortium
17. Occurs when one attempts by physical menace to put another in fear of imminent serious bodily injury.
Simple Assault
Will Requirements
Jgmt on the Pleadings
Contract Formation
18. Occurs when a person takes the property of another with intent to deprive them of it.
Sharehold Derivative Suit
Deductibility of Restitution
Pretermitted Spouse
Theft
19. The right of election against the will of deceased spouse is 1/3 of the estate. The right of election can be waived in a prenuptial agreement - be forfeited by desertion - or be prohibited in certain circumstances when a divorce is pending.
Pretermitted Spouse
Entrapment
Taxability of Sale of Residence
Receipt of Income
20. Where a contract for the sale of goods presupposes the continued existence of identified goods and the goods are totally destroyed throgh no fault of the parties while the risk of loss remained with the seller - the contract is avoided.
Destruction of Identified Goods
Liability of Directors (improper distribution)
Marital Property
Prescriptive Easement
21. A person who willfully and intentionally participates in the unlawful killing of another person shall not in any way acquire any property or receive any benefit as a result of the death of that person - and instead shall be deemed to have predeceased
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22. The ADA prohibits discrimination against a qualified individual with a disability because of the disability with respect to discharge or other terms and conditions of employment. The ADA also requires that an employer consider an accomodation which w
CP (New Matter/Answer)
Americans w/ Disabilites Act
Domicile
Bona Fide Purchaser
23. A contract for a testamentary bequest will not be enforced unless the will contains material provisions of the contract - or there is an express reference in the will to the contract plus extrinsic evidence thereof - or there is a separate non-testam
Recording Statute
Bequests
Merchants Confirming Memo
1st Degree Murder
24. Restitution made is generally deductible in the year made.
Duty to Minority Shareholders
1st Amendment Free Association
Deductibility of Restitution
Latent Ambiguity
25. With the intent to defraud or injure or with knowledge that he is facilitating a fraud or injury to be perpetrated by anyone the actor alters any writing of another without his authority or utters any writing he knows to be forged.
Corporate Opportunity
Damages
Forgery
1st Amendment Free Speech (Defamation
26. A criminal homicide constitutes 2nd degree murder when it is committed while D is engaged as a principal or accomplice in the perpetration of a felony.
Gambling Winnings and Losses
Treasure Trove
2nd Degree Murder
1st Amendment Free Association
27. Generally - a promise to answer for the debts of another must be in writing to be enforceable. If the main object of the promisor is to serve his own pecuniary or business purpose - then SOF does not apply.
Implied Warranty Construction Contract
Lay Opinion Testimony
Bona Fide Purchaser
Oral Agreements (SOF)
28. Bylaws require notice for special meeting. Notice can be waived by attendance and participation at the meeting. One can attend for the sole purpose of objecting.
Notice for Special Meeting
Conditional Devise
Applicability of Express Warranty
Retraint on Alienation
29. Equity allows for the impression of a constructive trust and an accounting to allow the corporation to receive the benefit of the opportunity and any profits.
Applicability of Express Warranty
Accord and Satisfaction
Usurpation of Corporate Opportunity (Remedies)
Deed (Delivery)
30. Reasonable expansion of use of prescriptive easement allowed if not too burdensome to servient estate. Factors to consider: 1) Increase in size distinguished from increased use; 2) change in purpose of use; 3) Increased burden on servient estate.
Ademption
Latent Ambiguity
Lawyer Advertising
Prescriptive Easement (scope)
31. Generally - a parent is obligated to support his child who is under 18. If a court determines that a child under 18 is emancipated - support will terminate. In determining whether a child is emancipated - the Court will look at the child's age - mari
Revocation of Acceptance
Emancipation
1st Amendment Free Association
Notice for Special Meeting
32. Warranty of habitability or reasonable workmanship is implied by law in every contract where a builder-vendor sells a new home to a residential purchaser.
Landlord Duties
Implied Warranty Construction Contract
Tenancy by the Entireties
Deductibility of Restitution
33. Restricts states from imposing differential treatment of in-state and out-of-state economic interests. A local regulation which discriminates on its face is invalid unless it advances a legitimate local purpose that cannot be served by reasonable non
Dormant Commerce Clause
Jgmt on the Pleadings
Gambling Winnings and Losses
Protection From Abuse Order
34. Occurs whenever a specific devise in a will of a property is frustrated by the fact that the T thereafter sells the property. Exceptions include incapacities - fires - casualties - and/or any balance due T on the purchase - condemnation - or foreclos
RPC (Prospective Client)
Ademption
Sharehold Derivative Suit
Excited Utterance
35. One-sided - oppressive provisions are unconscionable. Court can refuse to enforce contract - enforce the clause - or limit the clause.
Entrapment
Unconcionable Contract Provision (UCC)
Mitigation of Damages
Restrictions on Transferability of Stock
36. Police conduct is examined to determine if their conduct created a substantial risk that the offense will be committed by one who is innocently disposed.
Removal to Action to Federal Court
Entrapment
Equitable Division
Recording Statute
37. A joint tenant can convey his interest or less than his entire interest in property held as joint tenancy with right of survivorship. A conveyance of joint tenant's interest to a third party severs the joint tenancy. Upon severance - joint tenancy wi
Codicil
Restrictions on Transferability of Stock
Joint Tenancy (Severance)
Board of Directors (Voting)
38. A statement describing or explaining an event or condition made while the declarant was perceiving the event or condition - or immediately thereafter. The truthfulness of the statement arises from its timing.
Proper Service of Complaint
Emancipation
Procedural Due Process
Present-sense Impression
39. Occurs when a person recklessly engages in conduct which places another person in danger of serious bodily injury.
Warranties/Disclaimers
Lay Opinion Testimony
RPC (Prospective Client)
Recklessly Endangering
40. A public official must establish by clear and convincing evidence that a defamatory statement was made with 'actual malice'; that is it was made with actual knowledge that the statement was false or with reckless disregard of whether the statement wa
Jgmt on the Pleadings
Title VII- Retaliatory Discharge
1st Amendment Free Speech (Defamation
Receiving Stolen Property
41. (a) A lawyer shall keep a client informed about the status of a matter and promptly comply wth reasonable requests for information. (b) A lawyer shall explain a matter to the extent necessary to permit the client to make informed decisions regarding
Merchants Confirming Memo
Attorney-Client Communication
Accord and Satisfaction
Landlord Duties
42. Agreement to commit a criminal act accompanied by an overt act toward commission of the crime.
Ademption
Estates (Slayer's Act)
Criminal Conspiracy
Age Discrimination
43. At the time he was terminated - P was within the class protected by the ADEA - he was otherwise qualified for his job - he was discharged by D - and D employed a substantially younger person for his position.
Usurpation of Corporate Opportunity (Remedies)
Age Discrimination
Equitable Division
Fed Tax (Advancement)
44. Embezzeled funds and property are considered income in the year taken without permission into exclusive control and with no agreement with the victim to make any restitution.
Lawyer Advertising
Restrictive Covenant (Enforcement)
Taxability of Embezzeled Property
Tax (Life Insurance Policy Proceeds)
45. Work product doctrine protects work performed by an attorney in anticipation of litigation from disclosure. Attorney work product may be discovered if the party seeking discovery has a substantial need for the materials to prepare their case and is u
Pretermitted Spouse
Usurpation of Corporate Opportunity (Remedies)
Dying Declaration
Attorney Work Product
46. An offer can be accepted by performance. Necessity of knowledge of an offer to create a power of acceptance. Acquisition of knowledge during performance but prior to completion creates power of acceptance.
Forgery
Supression of Evidence
Contract Formation
Criminal Conspiracy
47. A statement relating to a startling event or condition made while the declarant was under the stress of excitement caused by the event or condition.
Lay Opinion Testimony
Excited Utterance
Joint Tenancy (Severance)
Present-sense Impression
48. PA's recording statute protects BFP for value - is without notice of the interest of the prior grantee - and records the deed first. Notice includes not only record notice but also constructive or inquiry notice obtained by inspection of the property
Gambling Winnings and Losses
Criminal Trespass
Devise of Encumbered Property
Bona Fide Purchaser
49. Offense occurs if a person without license or privilege by force enters an occupied structure of another.
Criminal Trespass
Anticipatory Repudiation
Conditional Devise
Summary Jugment
50. Parties must be merchants. Memo must contain additional terms. Additional terms are added if they do not materially alter the contract.
Merchants Confirming Memo
Devise of Encumbered Property
Taxability of Sale of Residence
Duty to Minority Shareholders
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