Cathy, a used car dealer, turns the odometer of the car back from 60,000 to 18,000 kilometers. Bill, relyingon the odometer reading, purchases the car from Cathy. Cathy is liable to Bill for the fraudulent .
(A)omission
(B)quotation
(C)misrepresentation
(D)disposition
Austin breaks and enters Britney’s home, steals a photograph of Britney, and publishes it on the magazineto promote the sale of the magazine. Austin is liable to Britney for invasion of .
(A)secrecy
(B)privacy
(C)intimacy
(D)expectancy
Homer intentionally pulls the ears of Bo’s large dog and injures Bo’s dog. Homer is liable to Bo for trespassto chattels. Which of the following choices is the best meaning for “chattels”?
(A)Real estate
(B)Personal property
(C)Livestock
(D)Dogs
Curtis contracts to sell and Dale to buy ten bushels of oats. By very general , known to Curtis andDale, 32 pounds constitute a bushel of oats. In the absence of contrary evidence, ten bushels in the contractmean 320 pounds.
(A)usage
(B)practice
(C)habit
(D)custom
On May 1, Lucas contracts to sell and Bea to buy land, delivery of the deed and payment of the price to beon July 30. On June 1, Lucas tells Bea that he will not perform. Lucas’s statement is a .
(A)submission
(B)transmission
(C)repudiation
(D)pudiation
What is the term for a for-profit company, organized under the laws of another country, but authorized bythe R.O.C. government to transact business in R.O.C.?
(A)A third party company
(B)A diplomatic company
(C)A foreign company
(D)A certified company
Which of the following terms refers to two or more independent enterprises that have made investmentsbetween or amongst each other, held by the same major shareholder, or share a controlling/subordinaterelationship with each other?
(A)Major and minor companies
(B)Sister companies
(C)Licensor and licensee
(D)Affiliated enterprises
“The laws and rules that govern the securities industry derive from a simple and straightforward concept: allinvestors, whether large institutions or private individuals, should have access to certain basic facts about aninvestment prior to buying it, and so long as they hold it.” To achieve the above goal, the governmentauthority will most likely require public companies to .
(A)disclose meaningful information
(B)abstain from trading shares
(C)avoid self-dealing transactions
(D)establish an internal control mechanism
“One anti-takeover charter amendment is a provision requiring a supermajority vote – say 80 percent of thecommon shares instead of the usual bare majority rule – in order to effect a merger or sale of all assets.”Which of the following cannot be derived from the above description?
(A)The purpose of supermajority vote is to make a takeover somewhat harder and riskier.
(B)Supermajority vote would not absolutely block a takeover attempt, especially by a bidder willing to buyall the target stock.
(C)The anti-takeover tactic of supermajority vote requires a charter amendment.
(D)The anti-takeover tactic of supermajority vote shall be approved by the board of directors.
An is defined as an overt act done in pursuance of an intent to do a specific crime, tending to theend but falling short of complete accomplishment of it. In law, the definition must have this furtherqualification that the overt act must be sufficiently proximate to the intended crime to form one of thenatural series of acts which the intent requires for its full execution.
(A)assault
(B)assent
(C)attaint
(D)attempt
A conviction cannot be based on the testimony of an unless such testimony is corroborated byother evidence tending to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense. The corroboration isnot sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offense.
(A)accountant
(B)accommodator
(C)accomplishment
(D)accomplice
The is to ensure that an individual may freely exercise the rights and powers to use, derivebenefits from, and dispose of any and all of his or her properties depending upon the existing status of suchproperties, so as to secure the resources of life on which the survival of individuals and the freedevelopment of characters rely.
(A)right to work
(B)right of property
(C)right of existence
(D)freedom of residence
Freedom of Press is .
(A)the right of a journalist to commit libel
(B)the right to place a “legal notice” advertisement
(C)the right to publish ideas and opinions without governmental restriction
(D)a judicial prohibition that forbids broadcast media from televising parts of court trials
Pursuant to Article 1 of R.O.C. Code of Civil Procedure, “A defendant may be sued in the court for theplace of the defendant’s domicile or, when that court cannot exercise , in the court for the place ofdefendant’s residence.”
(A)sovereignty
(B)judgment
(C)immunity
(D)jurisdiction
A request that a corporate shareholder authorizes another person to cast the shareholder’s vote at acorporate meeting is a .
(A)voting trust
(B)proxy solicitation
(C)voting agreement
(D)sale of control