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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. Voluntarily and knowingly subjecting oneself to danger.






2. Land and objects permanently attached to land.






3. In law - a per curium decision (or opinion) is a ruling issued by an appellate court of multiple judges in which the decision rendered is made by the court (or at least a majoirty of the court) acting collectively and anonymously.






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






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






6. An opinion in which a majority of the court joins.






7. 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.






8. The standard of proof most commonly used in civil trials. The evidence presented must prove that it is more likely than not the defendant committed the wrong.






9. 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.






10. Being informed of some act done or about to be done.






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






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






13. Proof that the evidence is what it is said to be.






14. The process of legislative enactment of areas of the law previously governed solely by the common law.






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






16. The process of finding the law.






17. A method for measuring the relative negligence of the plaintiff and the defendant - with a commensurate sharing of the compensation for the injuries.






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






19. A national voluntary organization of lawyers.






20. Without the need for a warrant - the police may seize objects that are openly visible.






21. The failure of an attorney to act reasonably.






22. When a higher court agrees with what lower court has done.






23. A national association of paralegal managers.






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. The pretrial oral questioning of a witness under oath.






26. Evidence that suggests the defendant's guilt.






27. A trial ended by the judge because of a major problem - such as a prejudicial statement by one of the attorneys.






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






29. Bad intent.






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






31. A claim that based on the law and the facts is sufficient to support a lawsuit. If the plaintiff does not state a valid cause of action in the complaint - the court will dismiss it.






32. The papers that begin a lawsuit-generally - the complaint and the answer.






33. 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.






34. Liability without having to prove fault.






35. When an appellate court overturns or negates the decision of a lower court.






36. The application of legal rules to a client's specific factual situation; also known as legal analysis.






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






38. 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.






39. How subsequent cases have affected the case you are Shepardizing. It is sometimes indicated by a one-letter abbreviation before the Shepard's citation.






40. 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.






41. Ownership by two or more people. Ownership shares do not have to be equal - but each has an undivided interest in the property. When a tenant in common dies - that person's share passes either by will or by intestate statute.






42. Monetary compensation - including compensatory - punitive - and nominal damages.






43. Establishes a direct link to the event that must be proven.






44. A provision that purports to waive liability.






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






46. The background documents created during the process of a bill becoming a statute. These documents can include alternative versions of the legislation - proceedings of committee hearings and reports - and transcripts of floor debates.






47. A group of people - usually 23 - whose function is to determine if probable cause exists to believe that a crime has been committed and that the defendant committed it.






48. When nonlawyers do things that only lawyers are allowed to do. In most states this is a crime.






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






50. The power of the federal courts to hear matters of federal law.