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






2. Located in most codified statutes - this table lists statutes by their popular names along with their citations.






3. A bank account used to hold money belonging to the client or to a third party.






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






5. A contract that outlines the attorney's duties and the client's obligations regarding payment - on either an hourly or a contingency fee basis - as well as the client's responsibility reagarding costs and expenses.






6. Including more than one count in a complaint; the counts do not need to be consistent.






7. Generally someone operating within the law - representing persons before administrtive agencies that permit this practice.






8. Law dealing with ownership.






9. In a case brief - facts that deal with what happened to the parties before the litigation began.






10. The intermediate appellate courts in the federal system.






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






17. A case listed in Shepard's that cites your case.






18. A requirement that a party fulfill his or her contractual obligations.






19. A national association of paralegal managers.






20. The process by which individuals or organizations have their names placed on an official list kept by some private organization or governmental agency.






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






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






23. An examination of a prospective juror to see if he or she is fit to serve as a juror on a specific case.






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






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






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






27. Law that deals with harm to a person or a person's property.






28. 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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29. When the defendant does not have sufficient money or other assets to pay the judgment.






30. Law that deals with harm to society as a whole.






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






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






33. Information about what happened procedurally to the litigation after the case cited. Include this information in a citation. There is no entry for the topic Husband and Wife.






34. The status of being formally recognized by a nongovernmental organization for having met special criteria - such as fulfilling educational requirements and passing an exam - established by that organization.






35. A test that provides that the defendant is not guity due to insanity if - at the time of the killing the defendant could not control his or her actions.






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






37. A court's power to hear only specialized cases.






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






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






40. 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.






41. In a case brief - the general legal principle in existence before the case began.






42. Liability without a showing of fault.






43. The division of governmental power among the legislative - executive - and judicial branches.






44. A determination that an attorney may not practice law for a set period of time.






45. A person who initiates a lawsuit.






46. Evidence that suggests the defendant's guilt.






47. Governmental publication of court opinions.






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






49. A provision that purports to waive liability.






50. All property that is not real property.