Extinction and Survival of Civil Liability

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1. Can an accepted valid payment by a third person affect the creditor’s outstanding civil claim even though the original …
2. An offender owes a civil award arising from a penal offense, while the victim owes the offender a separate loan. He ass…
3. The parties agree only to extend the due date for an unpaid civil award, with no express extinction and no wholly incom…
4. A third party makes a valid payment expressly accepted by the victim in full satisfaction of the civil award. No defect…
5. A debtor pays part of a civil award under a receipt that expressly reserves the unpaid balance; no other discharge is e…
6. Explain why the general reference to civil-law extinction does not authorize automatic setoff of a penal-offense civil …
7. Distinguish an extension of payment time from extinctive novation.
8. A valid third-party payment is accepted in full satisfaction. Discuss the creditor’s claim and the separate payer-debto…