Under the doctrine of ______________________________, an employer is vicariously liable for the acts of an employee so long as the employee is acting within the ____________________ and ____________________of hisĀ or her employment.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


respondeat superior, scope, furtherance

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All courts must obtain ___________ over the cases before them.

a. jurisdiction b. certiori c. standing d. eminent domain

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When a broker represents both buyer and seller in the same transaction, this is known as:

a. Dual agency b. Split agency c. Divided agency d. Dual brokerage

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Which of the following states requires minimum CLE hours from all individuals who work as paralegals?

a. Texas b. Florida c. Hawaii d. California

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Which of the following is the BEST statement of how liabilities are treated upon divorce?

A) The parties work out their own way of paying off their debts as the courts are more concerned with the division of assets. B) Responsibility for liabilities is usually addressed in the same manner as the division of assets: by premarital agreement, separation agreement, or court order. C) Whichever party incurred the debt has to pay it off if the debt was incurred for marital purposes. D) Responsibility for marital and separate debt is automatically divided equally upon divorce.

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