Deck 12: The Legal Rights of Women

Question 1

The right to an elective share applies only if a spouse dies intestate.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Sex discrimination in employment is legal only if it can be shown that gender is not a BFOQ.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

When can the creditor request information about the spouse of a woman who applies for credit?

Answer 3

When her spouse is applying for credit with her; when her spouse will be allowed to use the account; when she is relying on her spouse's income or on alimony or child support from a former spouse; when she resides in a community property state.

Question 4

Equitable distribution is:

A)the just, fair, and equal division of property between spouses upon divorce
B)the just and fair, but not necessarily equal, division of property between spouses upon divorce
C)the just and fair, and substantially equal division of property between spouses upon divorce
D)the transfer of the husband's property to his wife upon divorce

Question 5

What is dower?

Question 6

What are some of the legal disabilities married women suffered at common law?

Question 7

Distinguish between quid pro quo sexual harassment and hostile environment sexual harassment.

Question 8

When applying for credit, a woman can never be asked about her marital status.

Question 9

The participants in a trust are:

A)settlor
B)trustee
C)cestui que trust
D)all of the above

Question 10

FACE gives a woman a cause of action if she is a victim of an assault while seeking reproductive health services.

Question 11

Feticide is the unlawful killing of a fetus.

Question 12

The battered woman syndrome is used to bolster the argument that the battered woman acted in self-defense against her attacker.

Question 13

When is discrimination on the basis of pregnancy illegal?

Question 14

At common law, a married woman could not (on her own or without the consent of her husband):

A)make her own will
B)own her own property
C)make a contract in her own name
D)all of the above

Question 15

Curtesy is the right of a widow to the lifetime use of one-third of the land owned by her deceased husband.

Question 16

A woman can use her maiden name as her married name.

Question 17

The Married Women's Property Acts added disabilities to those suffered by married women.

Question 18

What are the obligations of an employer to combat sexual harassment?

Question 19

All forced sterilization is illegal.

Question 20

A gift is:

A)the voluntary delivery of something with the future intent to transfer title and control, for which no payment or consideration is made
B)any future delivery of something with the present intent to transfer title and control, for which no payment or consideration is made
C)the voluntary delivery of something with the present intent to transfer title and control, for which no payment or consideration is made
D)the voluntary delivery of something with the present intent to transfer title and control, for which little payment or consideration is made

Question 21

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below
a.BFOQ
b.pro bono
c.domestic violence
d.nepotism
e.quasi-suspect class
f.curtesy
g.cause of action
h.injunction
i.coverture
j.self-defense
status of a married woman at common law

Question 22

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below
a.BFOQ
b.pro bono
c.domestic violence
d.nepotism
e.quasi-suspect class
f.curtesy
g.cause of action
h.injunction
i.coverture
j.self-defense
without fee

Question 23

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below
a.BFOQ
b.pro bono
c.domestic violence
d.nepotism
e.quasi-suspect class
f.curtesy
g.cause of action
h.injunction
i.coverture
j.self-defense
legally acceptable reason for suing

Question 24

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below
a.BFOQ
b.pro bono
c.domestic violence
d.nepotism
e.quasi-suspect class
f.curtesy
g.cause of action
h.injunction
i.coverture
j.self-defense
favoritism to a relative

Question 25

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below
a.BFOQ
b.pro bono
c.domestic violence
d.nepotism
e.quasi-suspect class
f.curtesy
g.cause of action
h.injunction
i.coverture
j.self-defense
based on gender or a child's legitimacy

Question 26

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below
a.BFOQ
b.pro bono
c.domestic violence
d.nepotism
e.quasi-suspect class
f.curtesy
g.cause of action
h.injunction
i.coverture
j.self-defense
reasonable force to prevent harm

Question 27

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below
a.BFOQ
b.pro bono
c.domestic violence
d.nepotism
e.quasi-suspect class
f.curtesy
g.cause of action
h.injunction
i.coverture
j.self-defense
right to a life estate

Question 28

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below
a.BFOQ
b.pro bono
c.domestic violence
d.nepotism
e.quasi-suspect class
f.curtesy
g.cause of action
h.injunction
i.coverture
j.self-defense
permits employment discrimination

Question 29

One state must give to the legal decisions of another state.

Question 30

Equitable distribution is the just and fair, but not necessarily , division of property between spouses upon divorce.

Question 31

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below
a.BFOQ
b.pro bono
c.domestic violence
d.nepotism
e.quasi-suspect class
f.curtesy
g.cause of action
h.injunction
i.coverture
j.self-defense
court order

Question 32

A transfer is a transfer of an asset or property for little or no payment or consideration that is made to avoid an obligation to a creditor.

Question 33

The right of a widow to the lifetime use (called a life estate) of one-third of the land her deceased husband owned during the marriage is called .

Question 34

The married women's property acts removed all or most of a woman's legal on matters such as entering contracts, disposing of her property, and being a party to litigation independent of her husband.

Question 35

When are restrictions on a woman's access to abortion unconstitutional?

Question 36

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below
a.BFOQ
b.pro bono
c.domestic violence
d.nepotism
e.quasi-suspect class
f.curtesy
g.cause of action
h.injunction
i.coverture
j.self-defense
injury or threats to injure

Question 37

The right to is the constitutional right to make personal decisions without undue government interference on matters such as marriage, procreation, family relationships, child rearing and education, contraception, and abortion.

Question 38

What is the battered woman syndrome?