FSE 2080 Funeral Law Midterm Exam Questions and Correct Answers
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FSE 2080
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FSE 2080
Abatement a proportional reduction of a legacy under a will when assets out of which such legacy are payable are not sufficient to pay it in full
Ademption the extinction or withdrawal of an inheritance because decedent did not own the named property at time of death
Administrator appointed by th...
FSE 2080 Funeral Law Midterm Exam
Questions and Correct Answers
Abatement ✅a proportional reduction of a legacy under a will when assets out of which
such legacy are payable are not sufficient to pay it in full
Ademption ✅the extinction or withdrawal of an inheritance because decedent did not
own the named property at time of death
Administrator ✅appointed by the court to settle the estate of the deceased who died
without a last Will and Testament (personal representative)
Agent driver ✅under directions and control of the funeral establishment which is liable
for the driver's negligent actions
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ✅a federal statute prohibiting discrimination
against the disabled in employment, public transportation, telecommunications, and
public accommodations owned by private entities
Bailee ✅a person who receives personal property from another as a bailment
Bailment ✅a delivery of personal property by one person to another who holds the
property for a certain purpose under an express or implied-in-fact contract
Bailor ✅person who delivers personal property to another as bailment
Bequest/legacy ✅a gift of personal property by will
Brain death ✅total and irreversible cessation of brain function as indicated by a flat
EEG reading
Inhumement ✅act of placing the dead human body in the ground
Cadaver ✅a dead human body intended solely for scientific study
Case law ✅appellate court decisions that establish precedented principles
Clinical death ✅phase of somatic death lasting 5-6 minutes during which life may be
restored
, Codicil ✅an addition or amendment of a last will and testament executed with the
same formality as the will
Common law ✅non-legislated principles and rules of action predicated upon usages
and customs which the court considers binding on the community
Constructive custody ✅where one party has a right to acquire actual custody of the
dead body although another party has actual physical possession of the dead body
Coroner ✅public officer who investigates cause of death
Corpse ✅dead human body that has not yet disintegrated
Custodian ✅legal protector of dead human body from time of removal until final
disposition
Death ✅cessation of life, permanent cessations of all vital functions
Devise ✅gift of real estate, act of transferring ownership of real property
Due diligence ✅attention reasonably expected from a person who seeks to satisfy a
legal requirement or discharge an obligation
Durable power of attorney ✅when one person appoints an agent in the event they
become incapacitated
Eminent domain ✅inherent power of the government to take private property for public
use as long as they provide compensation to the owner
Escheat ✅forfeiture of a decedent's property to the state in the absence of heirs
Estate ✅property of a deceased person, both real and personal
Executor ✅appointed by the will of the deceased to carry out the provisions thereof
and settle the estate
General power of attorney ✅a written instrument authorizing one person to do anything
for the principal (one party has full power of attorney for another party)
Holographic will ✅written entirely by the hand of the testator
Insolvent estate ✅condition of the estate of a deceased person which is unable to pay
the debts of the decedent and/or estate
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