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Paralegal 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A court's power to hear only specialized cases.






2. A constitutional protection against being tried twice for the same crime.






3. An activity that requires professional judgment - or the educational ability to relate law to a specific legal problem.






4. The questioning of an opposing witness.






5. In deductive reasoning - the statement of a broad proposition that forms the starting point; in law - the statement of a legal rule that you can find in a statute or court opinion.






6. Money is awarded to a plaintiff in payment for his or her actual losses.






7. When the law is applied to the client's facts and the result is not obvious - an issue is created.






8. The doctrine stating that normally once a court has decided one way on a particular issue - it and other courts in the same jurisdiction will decide the same way on that issue in future cases given similar facts unless they can be convinced of the ne






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






10. The status of having received a certificate documenting that the person has successfully completed an educational program.






11. Consists of records - contracts - leases - wills - and other written instruments.






12. A statute establishing and setting out the powers of an administrative agency.






13. The failure to act reasonably under the circumstances.






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






15. An approach whereby the courts give a statute a broad interpretation.






16. A claim by a defendant against someone in addition to the persons the plaintiff has already sued.






17. The power of the federal courts to hear matters of state law if the opposing parties are from different states and the amounts in controversy exceeds $75 -000.00






18. The pretrial oral questioning of a witness under oath.






19. Summary of one legal point in a court opinion; written by the editors at West.






20. A defendant's plea meaning that the defendant neither admits nor denies the charges.






21. A method for excusing a prospective juror based on the juror's inability to serve in an unbiased manner.






22. Information that can be presented in a court of law as proof of some fact.






23. The revocation of an attorney's license.






24. A calendering system that records key dates and important deadlines.






25. 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.






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






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






28. An actual incident or condition; not a legal consequence.






29. Courts that determine the facts and apply the law to the facts.






30. A canon of construction meaning 'of the same class.:






31. The power of government to take private property for public purposes.






32. A system of government in which the authority to govern is split between a single - nationwide central government and several regional governments that control specific geographical areas.






33. Federal and state rules that govern the admissibility of evidence in court.






34. A public or private statement that an attorney's conduct violated the code of ethics.






35. A nonbinding process in which attorneys for both sides present synopses of their cases to a jury - which renders an advisory opinion on the basis of these presentations.






36. A request made to the court.






37. The law that sets the length of time from when something happens to when a lawsuit must be filed before the right to bring it is lost.






38. The rule that in order to claim self-defense there must have been no possibility of retreat.






39. A method for excusing a prospective juror; no reason need be given.






40. Evidence that supports previous testimony but that comes in a different form.






41. A request that the court find the plaintiff has failed to state a valid claim and dismiss the complaint.






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






43. Violation of a statute as proof of negligence






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






45. A statement in a judicial opinion not necessary for the decision of the case.






46. Defendant's reply to the complaint. It may contain statements of denial - admission - or lack of knowledge and affirmative defenses.






47. The way in which a question of fact is established. Evidence can consist of witness testimony or documents and exhibits. It is the proof presented at a trial.






48. The intermediate appellate courts in the federal system.






49. A form in which statutes are published; they are printed individually at the time they are first enacted.






50. Usually organized as either a partnership or a professional corporation - law clinics provide low-cost legal services on routine matters by stressing low overhead and high volume.