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Paralegal 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
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1. 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.






2. All property that is not real property.






3. When only one court has the power to hear a case.






4. The court's power to review statutes to decide whether they conform to the Constitution.






5. Indirect evidence - used to prove facts by implication.






6. A suspicion based on specific facts; less than probable cause.






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






8. The failure to act reasonably under the circumstances.






9. Techniques for resolving conflicts that are alternatives to full-scale litigation. The two most common are arbitration and mediation.






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






11. Governmental publication of court opinions.






12. A lawsuit brought by a person as a representative for a group of people who have been similarly injured.






13. The ethical rule prohibiting attorneys and paralegals from disclosing information regarding a client or a client's case.






14. A means of gaining appellate review; in the U.S. Supreme Court the writ is discretionary and will be issued to another court to review a federal question if four of the nine justices vote to hear the case.






15. The defense's request that the court find the prosecution failed to meet its burden and that it remove the case from the jury by finding the defendant not guilty.






16. A claim by the defendant against the plaintiff.






17. The power of the federal government to prevent the states from passing conflicting laws - and sometimes even to prohibit states from passing any laws on a particular subject.






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






19. The process of properly identifying and authenticating evidence so that it can be introduced.






20. The right of the police to detain an individual for a brief period of time and to search the outside of the person's clothing if the police have a reasonable suspicion that the individual has committed or is about to commit crime.






21. Any tangible object - like a bloody glove.






22. Fairness; a court's power to do justice. Equity powers allow judges to take action when otherwise the law would limit their decisions to monetary awards. Equity powers include a judge's ability to issue an injunction and to order specific performance






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






24. An online legal databease containing court decisions and statutes from the entire country - as well as secondary authority; a competitor to Lexis.






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






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






27. A worldwide network of computer networks.






28. All property that is not real property.






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






30. The judge informs the jurors of the law they need to know to make their decision.






31. 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.

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






33. Bad intent.






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






35. A request that the court release the defendant because of the illegality of the incarceration.






36. Occurs whenever one person - through force or the threat of force - unlawfully detains another person against his or her will.






37. A trial conducted without a jury.






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






39. An intentional act that creates a reasonable apprehension of an immediate harmful or offensive physical contact.






40. A criminal proceeding at which the court informs the defendant of the charges being brought against him or her and the defendant enters a plea.






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






42. Liability without having to prove fault.






43. Ownership by two or more persons who have equal rights in the use of the property. When a joint tenant dies - that person's share passes to the other joint tenant(s).






44. A statement of the court's decision in which the facts are either omitted or given in very general terms so that it will apply to a wider range of cases.






45. An assumption that something that is not real is real-for example - saying that a corporation is a person for purposes of its being able to sue and be sued.






46. A judgment that reverses the verdict of the jury when the verdict had no reasonable factual support or was contrary to law.






47. A privately published statutory code that includes editorial features - such as summaries of court opinions that have interpreted the statutes.






48. The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.






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






50. A summary of one legal point in a court opinion; written by the editors at West.