
Equity Seminar 2 Quiz
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Equity arose as a body of law…
Because early Lord Chancellors would not tolerate plaintiffs without clean hands
Gradually, in chancery in response to the inaccessibility and inflexibility of the medieval common law
As a direct result of the passing of the Judicature Acts
In Anglo Saxon times as a result of the sense of justice and fairness often associated with Anglo Saxon rulers such as Alfred the Great
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Which statement best explains how the separation of title arose?
To enable medieval peasants to avoid paying death duties
Because the monarch owns all the land in the UK
Because the Lord Chancellors began to rule that under certain circumstances, it is necessary to recognise that the true owner of the property is someone other than the owner of that property
To enable those who were away on crusade to remain legal owners of their estates
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
How did the Lord Chancellor become a judge?
He was in charge of medieval Government
He administered the court system
He issued writs
He dealt with petitions to the king
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
The Earl of Oxford case (1615) 1 ch Rep 1 was important because…
It established the principle that where there is conflict between the common law and equity then equity will prevail
It established that injunctions offered a suitable alternative to damages
That equity will not allow a statute to be used as an instrument of fraud
It developed the concept of Equity’s Darling
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Who was the first non-ecclesiastic Lord Chancellor?
Lord Eldon
Lord Shaftsbury
Lord Nottingham
Lord Ellesmere
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What was the name given to the early medieval trust that allowed a land owner to convey the legal title to another but, retained for his benefit?
The feudal ‘friar’
The medieval ‘use’
The great ‘estoppel’
The land ‘lease’
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Why was the court of conscience said to vary like the length of the chancellor’s foot?
Because the early Lord Chancellors were ecclesiastics who dispensed justice according to their own opinions rather than based upon a system of precedent
Because medieval kings were accustomed to exercising the royal prerogative of justice in order to interfere with decisions of the Lord Chancellor
Because, before Lord Eldon, none of the Lord Chancellors were legally trained
Because the writing up of cases was too expensive
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