Sarah Is Suing Her Lawyer,Tom Takeitall,for the Return of Property

question 51

True/False

Sarah is suing her lawyer,Tom Takeitall,for the return of property worth $20,000 that she had given him.She had signed a properly sealed document making the gift to him.She says she knew what she was signing but felt overwhelmed by his manner.
-Oswald bought a variety-store franchise because he thought that its position on a bus route near some high-rise apartments would make it very lucrative.He had misread the transit map,however,for the bus ran along the street parallel to the one the store was on,and the occupants of the high rises usually shopped at a store on that street.Since Oswald has made a mistake of fact,the court will grant him rescission of the franchise contract.

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The philosophical belief that all events, including moral choices, are determined completely by previously existing causes, implying that free will is an illusion.

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B. F. Skinner

An American psychologist and behaviorist known for his work in developing the theory of operant conditioning, which uses consequences to modify the occurrence and form of behavior.