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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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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 right to use property owned by another for a limited purpose.






2. The result reached in a particular case.






3. Once actual cause is found - as a policy matter - the court must also find that the act and the resulting harm were so foreseeably related as to justify a finding of liability.






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






5. The process of signaling that you are really listening - accomplished by using verbal and nonverbal clues - paraphrasing - and reflecting the client's feelings.






6. An opinion that agrees with the majority's result but disagrees with the reasoning.






7. Books that contain appellate court decisions. There are both official and unofficial reporters.






8. A transfer of real property rights that occurs after someone other than the owner has had actual - open - adverse - and exclusive use of the property for a statutorily determined number of years.






9. An affidavit signed by the client indicating that he or she has read the complaint and that its contents are correct.






10. Evidence that suggests the defendant's innocence.






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






12. 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.






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






14. 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.






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






16. Governmental publication of court opinions.






17. The intermediate appellate courts in the federal system.






18. 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.






19. Specific questions that usually demand very short or yes-no answers.






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






21. The publication of false statements that harm a person's reputation.






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






23. Simultaneously representing adverse clients.






24. A business run by two or more persons as co-owners.






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






26. Computer codes that - when clicked on with a mouse - connect the user to other web pages with related information






27. A system developed to shield an attorney or a paralegal from a case that otherwise would create a conflict of interest.






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






29. In a lawsuit the person who is sued; in a criminal case the person who is being charged with a crime.






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






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






32. A provision in a deed that prohibits specified uses of the property.






33. 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.






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






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






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






37. A decision is overruled when a court in a later case changes the law so that its prior decision is no longer good law.






38. Affiliated with the federal government's Legal Services Corporation - these offices serve those who would otherwise be unable to afford legal assistance.






39. 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.






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






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






42. Private publication of court opinions-for example - the regional reporters - such as N.E.2d - published by West.






43. A defense requiring proof that the defendant was not mentally responsible.






44. An error made by the trial judge sufficiently serious to warrant reversing the trial court's decision.






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






46. Disregarding a substantial and unjustifiable risk that harm will result.






47. A rule of evidence that prevents an attorney or a paralegal from being compelled to testify about confidential client information.






48. Occurs when the police restrain a person's freedom and charge the person with a crime.






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






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