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BLW 201 10TH ED CHAPTER 13 T/F SELF QUIZ



True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

When both parties to a contract are minors, neither of them may disaffirm the contract.
 

 2. 

A minor's right to disaffirm a contract terminates automatically when the person reaches the age of majority.
 

 3. 

Some states provide for the termination of minority status on marriage.
 

 4. 

The age of majority in most states is eighteen years.
 

 5. 

Disaffirmance is the legal avoidance of a contractual obligation.
 

 6. 

Food is the only thing that courts have been willing to define as "necessary."
 

 7. 

Parents are required by law to provide necessaries for their minor children.
 

 8. 

Parents are ordinarily liable for the contracts made by their minor children, whether or not the children acted on their own.
 

 9. 

A person who enters into a contract when he or she is intoxicated can void the contract only if the intoxication was involuntary.
 

 10. 

A person who enters into a contract when he or she is intoxicated can void the contract if the terms are obviously favorable to the other party.
 

 11. 

A contract is unenforceable if there is a statute that prohibits the action promised by the contract.
 

 12. 

An executed contract entered into on Sunday in a state having a Sunday law cannot be rescinded.
 

 13. 

A lender who makes a loan at a rate above the lawful maximum commits usury.
 

 14. 

If the purpose of a licensing statute is to raise government revenues, a contract with an unlicensed professional will normally be enforceable.
 

 15. 

A covenant not to compete between ongoing businesses is always enforceable.
 

 16. 

A covenant not to compete that is part of an employment contract will generally be struck down.
 

 17. 

A contract in which the stronger party dictates the terms is an adhesion contract.
 

 18. 

An exculpatory clause in an employment contract is always enforceable.
 

 19. 

If an illegal contract is executory, either party can enforce it.
 

 20. 

When a statute protects a certain class of people, a member of that class cannot enforce an otherwise illegal contract.
 



 
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