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Paralegal 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A defendant's plea meaning that the defendant neither admits nor denies the charges.






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






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






4. A compilation of federal administrative regulations arranged by agency.






5. A defendant's personal promise to appear in court.






6. An online legal database containing court decisions and statutes from the entire country. While its coverage of other legal mateirals is not as extensive as that of Westlaw and Lexis - it is also less expensive.






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






8. A court order requiring a party to perform a specific act or to cease doing a specific act.






9. Law dealing with ownership.






10. A provision that purports to waive liability.






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






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






13. An ADR mechanism whereby a neutral third party assists the parties in reaching a mutually agreeable - voluntary compromise.






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






15. A decision is reversed when the litigants appeal the trial court decision and the higher court disagrees with the decision of a lower court.






16. The party in a case who has initiated an appeal.






17. The reference to a particular page within an opinion.






18. In logic - a belief that justifies one in arguing a conclusion.






19. Relates to the ability of a witness to testify; generally - the witness must be capable of being understood by the jury; must understand the duty to tell the truth; and if a lay witness - must give testimony based on personal knowledge.






20. A warrant that allows the police to enter without announcing their presence in advance.






21. Also known as real estate; land and items growing on or permanently attached to that land.






22. 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.






23. A set of standardized jury instructions.






24. An attorney's written argument presented to an appeals court - setting forth a statement of the law as it should be applied to the client's facts.






25. A statement of the court's decision that contains many of the case's specific facts - thereby limiting its future applicability to a narrow range of cases.






26. Intangible assets - such as trade secrets - copyrights - patents - and trade or service marks.






27. A trial conducted without a jury.






28. 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.






29. The transfer of a case from one state court to a federal court.






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






31. A decision is affirmed when the litigants appeal the trial court decision and the higher court agrees with what the lower court has done.






32. A computerized database that contains the full text of documents - such as court opinions or depositions.






33. A person appointed by the court to manage the affairs or property of a person who is incompetent due to age or some other reason.






34. The highest federal appellate court - consisting of nine appointed members.






35. A law enacted by a state legislature or by Congress.






36. Governmental publication of court opinions.






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






38. A set of ethical rules developed by the American Bar Association in the 1980s. The Model rules have been adopted by most of the states.






39. The final paragraph in a written legal analysis that summarizes the writer's conclusions.






40. Being the victem of repeated attacks - self-defense is sometimes allowed to the victim - even when the victim is not in immediate danger.

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41. A fee based on how many hours attorneys or paralegals spend on the case. Different hourly rates are often charged for different attorneys and paralegals within the firm - based on their seniority and experience.






42. A witness who has not been shown to have any special expertise.






43. Attorney compensation as a percentage of the amount recovered rather than a flat amount of money or an hourly fee.






44. The rules whereby all members of a law firm are treated as though they had represented the former client.






45. An issue that the court has never faced before.






46. Liability without having to prove fault.






47. A witness who has not been shown to have any special expertise.






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






49. The requirement that relief be sought from an administrative agency before proceeding to court.






50. Information that tells the reader the name of the case - where it can be located - the court that decided it - and the year it was decided. The Bluebook gives precise rules as to how case citations are to be written.