Test your basic knowledge |

Paralegal 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A lawsuit brought by a person as a representative for a group of people who have been similarly injured.






2. The chronological publication of statutes at the end of a legislative session.






3. Not factually true - but accepted by the courts as being legally true.






4. A computer program that allows the user to retrieve web documents that match the key words entered by the searcher.






5. Evidence that is derived from an illegal search or interrogation is inadmissible.






6. Information about what happened procedurally to the cited case before it was heard by the cited court. Do not include this information in a citation.






7. When the product was not being used for its intended purpose or was being used in a dangerous manner; it is a defense to a products liability claim so long as the misuse was not foreseeable.






8. A test that provides that the defendant is not guilty due to insanity if - at the time of the killing - the defendant suffered from a defect or disease of the mind and could not understand whether the act was right or wrong.

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


9. A book that contains court opinion headnotes arranged by subject matter.






10. The power of a court to hear a case.






11. Either a subcategory of relevancy or simply another word for relevancy - the requirement that the evidence be more probative than prejudicial.






12. Voluntarily and knowingly subjecting oneself to danger.






13. When an appellate court sends a case back to the trial court for a new trial or other action.






14. Information about the law - such as that contained in encyclopedias and law review articles.






15. Broad questions that put few limits on the freedom of the respondent.






16. The power of a court to force a person to appear before it.






17. An authoritative secondary source - written by a group of legal scholars - summarizing the existing common law - as well as suggesting what the law should be.






18. Cases that involve different facts and/or rules of law.






19. The purpose of the legislature at the time it enacted the statute.






20. A national organization of paralegal programs that promotes high standards for paralegal education.






21. A situation in which a conflict of interest may arise in the future--for example - representing business partners.






22. A request that the court order a rehearing of a lawsuit because irregularities - such as errors of the court or jury misconduct - make it probable that an impartial trial do not occur.






23. What the prosecution or plaintiff must be able to prove in order for the case to go to the jury-that is - the elements of the prosecution's case or the plaintiff's cause of action.






24. A bank account used to hold money belonging to the client or to a third party.






25. A court's power to review statutes to decide if they conform to the federal or a state constitution.






26. A defense requiring proof that the defendant would not have committed the crime but for police trickery.






27. A claim by one defendant against another defendant or by one plaintiff against another plaintiff.






28. A decision is overruled when a court in a later case changes the law that the decision in the earlier case is no longer good law.






29. A person who initiates an appeal.






30. Rules of conduct promulgated and enforced by the government.






31. A court opinion that establishes new law in an important area.






32. An advance or down payment that is given to engage the services of an attorney.






33. The process of organizing statutes by subject matter.






34. A statute enacted to correct a defect in prior law or to provide a remedy where none existed.






35. Federal and state rules that regulate how criminal proceedings are conducted.






36. An intentional act that creates a harmful or offensive physical contact.






37. A special type of joint tenancy applicable only to married couples.






38. A body of principles and rules that are either explicitly stated in - or inferred from - the constitutions of the United States and those of the individual states.






39. Evidence that does not add any new information but that confirms facts that already have been established.






40. The process after arrest that includes taking the defendant's personal information - giving the defendant an opportunity to read and sign a Miranda card - and allowing the defendant the opportunity to use a telephone.






41. A tort committed by one who intends to do the act that creates the harm.






42. A defense whereby the defendant offers new evidence to avoid judgment.






43. A form of logical reasoning based on a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion.






44. A grand jury's written accusation that a given individual has committed a crime.






45. Law that creates rights and duties.






46. A set charge for a specific service - such as drafting a simple will.






47. Powers not stated in the Constitution but that are necessary for Congress to carry out other - expressly granted powers.






48. A document that lists statements regarding specific items for the other party to admit or deny.






49. A separable part of a statute that must be satisfied for the statute to apply.






50. Law that deals with harm to society as a whole.