The right of a widow to the lifetime use (called a life estate) of one-third of the land her deceased husband owned during the marriage is called __________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
dower
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Your attorney calls from out of town and asks you to prepare a motion in a case on which you are working and further tells you to sign his name to the motion and get it filed with the court today. As the legal assistant you should respond to this request as follows:
A. Follow the instructions since the instructions are direct from the attorney. B. Tell the attorney it is improper for you to sign his name to the motion and that an attorney must review the motion before it is duly filed. C. Prepare the motion but take it to a lawyer in another firm for review before you sign the attorney's name. D. All of the above.
At one time, interests in receiving governmental rights or entitlements were not covered by due process requirements
a. True b. False
A(n) ________ occurs when the debtor seeks to change his or her bankruptcy filing status from one chapter to another
A) Epiphany B) Voluntary conversion C) Incarnation D) Revelation
The method for obtaining title to real property called ___ was developed at common law under the theory that two persons, unless they are co-owners, could not have seisin of the same land at the same time.
a. adverse possession b. attachment c. sale on execution d. conveyance