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BLW 201 TF SELF TEST CHAPTER 13 CLARKSON 11TH ED 091208



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

 1. 

An adult may avoid any contract with a minor.
 

 2. 

Contractual capacity refers to the legal ability to enter into a contract.
 

 3. 

A minor may disaffirm a contract only after attaining the age of majority.
 

 4. 

A minor may avoid any contract with an adult.
 

 5. 

When a minor disaffirms a contract, he or she can keep whatever property is in his or her possession as a result of the contract.
 

 6. 

Clothing is not something that the courts have been willing to define as "necessary."
 

 7. 

A minor who affirmatively misrepresents himself or herself to be an adult will not be able to disaffirm a contract in most states.
 

 8. 

A minor may disaffirm a contract for necessaries and thereby avoid liability for the reasonable value of the goods.
 

 9. 

Parents who sign a contract made by their minor child with an adult have the same option to disaffirm as the child.
 

 10. 

A person who enters into a contract when he or she is intoxicated can void the contract if he or she did not comprehend the legal consequences.
 

 11. 

A guardian cannot enter into legally binding contracts on behalf of a mentally incompetent person.
 

 12. 

A usurious contract involves the purchase and sale of usable goods.
 

 13. 

A blue law is a state statute that prohibits loans at an interest above the "blue line."
 

 14. 

A contract with an unlicensed professional is always enforceable.
 

 15. 

A covenant not to compete is never enforceable.
 

 16. 

A covenant not to compete is enforceable only if it is necessary to restrain trade.
 

 17. 

Most courts are usually very concerned about the fairness of contracts.
 

 18. 

A contract that exculpates one party for negligence or other wrongdoing will not usually be viewed as unconscionable.
 

 19. 

An exculpatory clause in a residential property lease is usually enforceable.
 

 20. 

An illegal contract is valid if the parties to it were unaware of the illegality.
 



 
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