________ Is a Ground for Lack of Capacity Only When

question 52

Multiple Choice

________ is a ground for lack of capacity only when it is so extreme that the person is unable to understand the nature of the business at hand.

• A)Infancy
• B)Intoxication
• C)Misrepresentation
• D)Duress

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Definitions:

Wilmot Proviso

The Wilmot Proviso was a proposed amendment to a military appropriations bill in 1846, seeking to ban slavery in territories acquired from Mexico, igniting a heated debate over slavery’s expansion in the United States.

Kansas-Nebraska Act

A 1854 U.S. law that allowed territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide on the legality of slavery through popular sovereignty, exacerbating sectional tensions.

Seneca Falls

Refers to the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848, the first women's rights convention in the United States, which launched the women's suffrage movement.

Declaration of Sentiments

A document signed in 1848 at the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York, outlining the rights American women should be entitled to as citizens.