Essay and Performance Subjects Flashcards
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Under North Dakota's Uniform Trust Code, what duty requires a trustee to keep trust property separate from personal assets?
Answer: Duty to segregate
The duty to segregate trust property prevents commingling and protects beneficiaries from the trustee's personal creditors.
In a North Dakota performance test, which part of the supplied materials contains the law the examinee must apply?
Answer: The library
The library portion of the MPT contains cases, statutes, and regulations the examinee must use to analyze the legal issues.
A North Dakota essay on property asks about adverse possession. Which element requires continuous use for the statutory period?
Answer: Continuous
The continuity element requires the adverse possessor to use the land without interruption for North Dakota's 20-year statutory period.
Under North Dakota's Rules of Evidence, which hearsay exception applies to a statement made for purposes of medical diagnosis or treatment?
Answer: Statement for medical diagnosis or treatment
N.D.R.Ev. 803(4) excepts from hearsay statements made for — and reasonably pertinent to — medical diagnosis or treatment.
In a North Dakota constitutional law essay, the rational basis test is typically applied when a law involves which type of classification?
Answer: Economic or social regulation
Rational basis review applies to laws involving social and economic regulation, requiring only a legitimate government interest and a rational relationship.
Under North Dakota contract law, which doctrine excuses performance when an unforeseen event makes performance impossible after contract formation?
Answer: Impossibility
Impossibility excuses a party's performance when an unforeseen event after contract formation renders performance objectively impossible.
In a North Dakota torts essay, which intentional tort protects against harmful or offensive touching without consent?
Answer: Battery
Battery is an intentional harmful or offensive contact with another person without their consent.