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Question XI
XI. TRUE or FALSE. Answer TRUE if the statement is true, or FALSE if the statement is false. Explain your answer in not more than two (2) sentences. (5%)
A loan agreement which provides that the debtor shall pay interest at the rate determined by the bank’s branch manager violates the disclosure requirement of the Truth in Lending Act.
Under the Warehouse Receipts Law, a warehouseman loses his lien upon the goods when he surrenders possession thereof.
The Howey Test states that there is an investment contract when a person invests money in a common enterprise and is led to expect profits primarily from the efforts of others.
A document, dated July 15, 2009, that reads: "Pay to X or order the sum of P5,000.00 five days after his pet dog, Sparky, dies. Signed Y." is a negotiable instrument.
"A bank is bound to know its depositor’s signature" is an inflexible rule in determining the liability of a bank in forgery cases.
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