Question 1 | | 1 / 1 point | Law is a body of enforceable rules governing relationships among individuals and between individuals and their society. | True | | False | View Feedback | | Correct. | Question 2 | | 1 / 1 point | The doctrine ofstare decisis obligates judges to follow precedents established within their jurisdictions. | True | | False | View Feedback | | Correct. | Question 3 | | 1 / 1 point | Common law develops from rules of law announced in court decisions
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suffice to displace the provision that they are entitled to share equally. 4. Hence‚ Morrissey would most likely be awarded 1/5 of the capital as the provision was displaced by the understanding that Morrissey was to have a 1/5 share of the business should dissolution be ordered. Did Morrissey have authority to bind firm‚ making Smiths liable for losses caused by the power outage at Manchester Meat(“MM”) and damage to the air-conditioning? Actual Authority 5. Actual authority may be
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Party dealing with him without notice of the restriction is still entitled to rely on his apparent authority. The difficult case is where A‚ in concluding a transaction that would be within his usual authority as agent‚ contracts in his own name without disclosing the existence of a principal‚ so that the third party assumes he is dealing with a principal. In Watteau v. Fenwick & Co35 the doctrine of usual authority was held applicable to such a case also. H owned a hotel. He sold it to the defendants
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Business Law I Assignment 3 Spring Term B BU 206-8A Instructor Problem 8-1 page 232 1). Consideration. Daniel‚ a recent college graduate‚ is on his way home for the Christmas holidays from his new job. He gets caught in a snowstorm and is taken in by an elderly couple‚ who provide him with food and shelter. After the snowplows have cleared the road‚ Daniel proceeds home. Daniel’s father‚ Fred‚ is most appreciative of the elderly couple’s action and in a letter promises to pay them $500
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Luis Armendia October 3‚ 2004 BUSINESS LAW UNIT ONE AND TWO QUESTIONS 1-4. Which source of law takes priority in the following situations‚ and why? a) A federal statute conflicts with the U.S. Constitution. A. CONSTITUTONAL LAW. Article VI‚ the Constitution is the supreme law; a law in violation of the Constitution will be declared unconstitutional and won’t be enforced. b) A federal statute conflicts with a state constitutional provision. A. STATUTORY LAW. A federal statute applies to all
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Business Law – Complete Notes from Benjamin Wolfson Class taken Spring 2008 Quiz questions at end of document What is Law: Law is a set of rules for the peaceful resolution of disputes. (*better/more useful than book definition) It is impossible to set up a system that always resolves conflict. -The phrase “law exists to protect our rights” is incorrect‚ because law gives us our rights. Without the law‚ we would not have them. [ryan] we always want disputes resolved peacefully.
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Applied Business Law – 27 Individual Work 1 Jessica Gaskins You are an employee at a nice paper mill and want to impress the boss by burning the midnight oil (but not too close to the wood pulp). For four consecutive weeks‚ you work forty-five‚ forty-two‚ thirty-nine‚ and thirty-one hours. If you are a nonexempt employee covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act‚ how many hours of overtime pay‚ if any‚ would you be entitled to? What would be the rate? The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 is
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Contract By definition under Sec 2(h) Contract Act 1950‚ “an agreement enforceable by law is a contract”. A contract is a promise or agreement between two or more parties that is enforced by law to be legally binding. It may involve a duty to do or refrain from doing something‚ and the failure to perform such duty is a breach of contract. The role of law in a contract is not to punish the breaching party but to provide remedies to restore the person wronged to the position they ought to occupy if
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UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY‚ JAMAICA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION BUSINESS LAW LAW OF CONTRACT TUTORIAL SHEET 1. On the first of January‚ David telephoned Donavan and offered to sell his car to him for $100.00. The offer was to remain until the 8th of January. That same evening‚ Donavan saw David in the bar and gave him a hundred dollar bill. He said to David: “I really appreciate you keeping the offer open until I can raise the money. Here’s a beer money for your trouble”
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DUTIES OF DIRECTOR Introduction Duties and liabilities are imposed on officers of a company‚ including directors‚ both by common law and statute. Thus‚ directors owe their companies fiduciary duties at common law. These duties are further supplemented by the Act. Officer –section 4(1) FD duty of care skill and diligence statutory duty The fiduciary duties of directors may be conveniently examined under the following categories. Director owe a duty to: Act bona fide and in the interests
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