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COMMERCIAL PAPER:	Negotible Instrument Negotiated Holder in Due Course Takes free of personal defenses and claims
Note	Maker promises to pay payee Maker is primarily liable Maker and payee are joint and several liable to

Bar Exam Fact Pattern: PRE-INCORPORATION CONTRACTS

PRE-INCORPORATION CONTRACTS — *** most tested topic

Promoter – person acting on behalf of corporation not yet formed
Might enter into K on behalf of not-yet formed corporation

Liability of the corporation – a corp is not liable on …

Family Law Checklist

FAMILY LAW Breach of Promise to Marry No punitives, only get actual damages, must bring action w/I 13 months; promise must be in writing Marriage Ceremonial:

1. Medical rqmts can be waived

2. Capacity: Sane, Adult, Not Related, Single

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LawFacts: Online Legal Advice from Legal Aid Ontario

By: Simon Borys; Cross Posted on Simon Says
Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) recently launched a website entitled LawFacts which is designed to provide information about the criminal justice system to people in Ontario. (See the press release here.) It will …

CONFLICTS MINI OUTLINE

JURISDICTION
1. This may be tested in a conflicts question. In particular, be on the lookout for this in a recognition of judgments question as this is a full faith and credit requirement.

RECOGNITION OF JUDGMENTS

CONFLICTS

SPOTTING A CONFLICTS ISSUE
1. There will always be at least 2 states
2. If, for “state names,” they use either: the coloring book (e.g., State Red, State Orange) OR the alphabet (e.g., State X), its almost guaranteed