Which of the Following Is False with Regard to the Intention

question 69

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is false with regard to the intention of the parties to an agreement to enter into a legal relationship? Where appropriate, assume that all the other elements necessary to form a contract are present.

• A) An intention to be legally bound is a necessary element of a contract; without it there is no contract.
• B) Since family matters are private matters, an agreement between a husband and wife to transfer property from the husband to the wife could not be a contract even if all the other elements of a contract were present.
• C) The court will presume there is no intent to be legally bound in social situations.
• D) Although the court makes presumptions about the intention of parties to be bound, the presumption may be rebutted by evidence to the contrary.
• E) Parties may expressly state their intention to be legally bound, in which case the court need not rely on presumptions.

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Definitions:

NMR

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, a technique that exploits the magnetic properties of certain atomic nuclei to determine physical and chemical properties of atoms or the molecules in which they are contained.

Quartet

In nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, a signal pattern of four peaks that suggests the presence of three equivalent protons adjacent to the observed nucleus.

Singlet

A term used in spectroscopy to describe an energy state of an atom or molecule where all electron spins are paired, resulting in zero net magnetic spin.

NMR

A powerful technique for determining the physical and chemical properties of atoms by studying their magnetic properties related to nuclear spin.