JURI 550 Exam 1

JURI 550 Exam 1 / Quiz 1 Liberty University

JURI 550 Quiz 1: Introduction to Property & Personal Property

JURI 550 Quiz 2: Landlord-Tenant Law

JURI 550 Quiz 3: Property Purchase Transaction & Adverse Possession

JURI 550 Quiz 4: Government Land Use Regulation

1. Even if it is proven that the original owner of an item of personal property abandoned the property, he nonetheless will win a court judgment against the finder of the property because he was the original owner. Is this true or false?
2. If we assume that a spam email has been held by a court to be a trespass to chattels, then which of the following will most likely not be considered to be a trespass to chattels?
3. Custom proved to be critical to the judicial decision in which of the following cases regarding the ownership of wild animals?
4. The Uniform Commercial Code provides protection for bona fide purchasers under certain circumstances. Is this true or false?
5. A donor can make an inter vivos gift to anyone at any time and, under the traditional rules, the done must express his acceptance of the gift.
6. Government now regulates hunting and fishing. As a result, government has eroded the capture rule so that it is not applicable even during hunting/fishing seasons regulated by government .
7. When an adverse possessor first takes possession of chattel, this act has which of the following legal consequences in the majority of states?
8. The decision in the Moore v. U.C. Regents case about the dilemma in property law concerning body tissue is expressed in which of the following statements?
9. The least accurate definition of the traditional categories of found property is which of the following?
10. Which of the following statements is the least accurate?
11. The doctrine of adverse possession of personal property is problematic due to the chattel’s portability and the likelihood that the possessor’s use of the chattel may not give notice to the owner. The law in a few states seeks to reduce or eliminate these problems by which of the following?
12. Property rights are often referred to as the metaphorical bundle of sticks, as Chapter 1 of the text points out. If one of the sticks is the right to destroy the property that a person owns, which of the following statements is the most accurate?
13. Which of the following statements is the most accurate?
14. Arden lost her gold wedding ring and Mr. Boyd found it. Later, Mr. Boyd moved the ring from his coat pocket to his pant pocket, which had a hole in it. Boyd lost the ring and it was found by Mrs. Campbell. Which statement most accurately describes the court’s likely ruling in a lawsuit by Boyd against Campbell?
15. Wild animals are rarely the subject of litigation in modern times. The utility of understanding the law regarding wild animals is:
16. Which of the following statements most accurately identifies the elements and features of an inter vivos gift?
17. The most accurate list of the early common law traditional categories of found property is which of the following?
18. Which of the following statements is true?
19. Which of the following groups of factors is the legally accepted guide for courts to analyze whether a finder has obtained rights in found property?
20. Most states require a bailee to exercise which of the following standards of care?
21. A non-owner of personal property can lawfully possess an item of personal property. Which of the following lists most completely identifies the types of a non-owner’s possession that are lawful?
22. Which of the following provides the best explanation as to why a bona fide purchaser of an item of personal property will prevail over the true owner in certain transactions?
23. The capture rule relates to how the common law dealt with …
24. Bailment is the lawful possession of real property. True or false?
25. Which of the following statements is the most accurate regarding the bundle of property rights?