Family Law
What is the payment a wealthier spouse may have to pay the other in a separation?
Equalization Payment
To what element of the negligence test does the term “the neighbor principle” refer to?
Duty of Care
A type of damage award that compensates the innocent party with the value that the innocent party would have gotten if the contract had been performed
Expectation damages
A venture that is undertaken by one person, who holds all legal liability
Sole proprietorship
What is Zack's least favourite module?
Constitutional
A dwelling occupied by a person and their spouse as a family residence, and in which either or both of them have a property interest
The matrimonial home
The failure to use reasonable care, resulting in damage/injury to another person
Negligence
In all cases of contractual breach, the innocent party is expected to do this to minimize the damages
Mitigate
A statutory phenomenon that imparts the rights, powers, and obligations of a "legal person" onto an organization
Incorporation
What was the most common E-poster topic this semester?
The Charter
What are the two types of joint custody?
Physical and Legal
Assault and battery are examples of what type of tort?
Intentional Tort
A contract to buy and sell heroin in Canada is unenforceable because...
It is illegal
A type of share called that is usually non-voting with a superior dividend right
Preferred Share
Disability, Continuing Education or Special Circumstances
A defence that the tortfeasor can use in a negligence case to attempt to reduce damages by saying the plaintiff caused part of the damages
Contributory negligence
What term is defined as being forced to enter a contract against your will?
Duress
A situation in which the court puts aside the usual limited liability held by members of a corporation, and holds the directors/shareholders personally responsible for actions or debts is called piercing...
The Corporate Veil
These are not included as property during a separation between two parties
Gifts and Inheritances
The five components the plaintiff needs to prove in a negligence claim to get damages from the respondent
1) Duty of care
2) Standard of care
3) Injury
4) Causation
5) Remoteness
The Latin phrase refers to the fact that buyers are not protected from errors in judgment - "buyer beware"
Caveat Emptor
What three types of human agents do corporations work through?
Directors, Officers, Employees