Contract of Sale Characteristics Quiz

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What type of sale is characterized by ownership not transferring to the buyer until a condition is fulfilled?

  • Absolute sale
  • Conditional sale (correct)
  • Perfected sale
  • Contract to buy

In a 'contract to sell', what is subjected to a condition?

  • Price determination
  • Perfection of the contract
  • Transfer of ownership (correct)
  • Full payment

Which of the following is not considered an essential element of a contract of sale?

  • Meeting of the minds
  • Object which is certain and determinate
  • Warranty against eviction (correct)
  • Price certain

What is the cause or consideration in a contract of sale?

<p>Price certain (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What elements are deemed to exist in the contract of sale in the absence of clear contrary agreement?

<p>Natural Elements (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In a void intended sale, which element would be absent?

<p>Object (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do future goods refer to in the context of a contract of sale?

<p>Goods that do not exist yet but have potential existence (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an example of an existing good according to the text?

<p>Future fruits expected from existing fruit-bearing trees (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What distinguishes a resolutory condition in a contract?

<p>It extinguishes a subsisting obligation upon fulfillment (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary difference between an absolute sale and a conditional sale?

<p>The passing of title depends on the delivery in absolute sale, while it is subject to a condition in conditional sale. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of things having a potential existence that makes them suitable as a subject matter of a contract of sale?

<p>They do not exist yet but are expected to come into existence naturally (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Under what circumstances does an absolute sale become conditional?

<p>When a stipulation is made in the deed that title to the property remains with the seller until payment is made. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of condition leads to the extinction of a subsisting obligation in a contract?

<p>Resolutory condition (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which characteristic best describes an onerous contract?

<p>It is based on a consideration of money or its equivalent. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean for something to have 'potency to exist' in the context of a contract?

<p>It is something not yet in actual existence but expected to come into existence naturally (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What defines a contract as being principal?

<p>It is named specifically as a 'sale' by law. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term is used by law to specifically name an onerous contract?

<p>'Sale' contract (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In an absolute sale, when does ownership pass to the buyer?

<p>Upon delivery of the thing subject of the sale (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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