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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. 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.






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






3. A constitutional fairness requirement that a defendant have at least a certain minimum level of contact with a state before the state courts can have jurisdiction over the defendant.






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






5. An advance or down payment that is given to engage the services of an attorney.






6. An intentional tort that covers a variety of situations - including disclosure - intrusion - appropriation - and false light.






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






8. A judicial philosophy that supports a limited role for the judiciary in changing the law - including deference to the legislative branch.






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






10. In deductive reasoning - the statement of a broad proposition that forms the starting point; in law - the statement of a legal rule that you can find in a statute or court opinion.






11. A form of logical reasoning based on a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion.






12. 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.






13. A set of standardized jury instructions.






14. A rule that states that evidence obtained in violation of an individual's constitutional rights cannot be used against that individual in a criminal trial.






15. In deductive reasoning - the second proposition - which along with the major premise leads to the conclusion; in law - the minor premise consists of the client's facts.






16. 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.






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






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






19. A trial court error that is not sufficient to warrant reversing the decision.






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






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






22. A request that the court order that certain information not be mentioned in the presence of the jury.






23. Liability without having to prove fault.






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






25. All property that is not real property.






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






27. General principles that guide the courts in their interpretation of statutes.






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






29. 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.






30. The process of organizing statutes by subject matter.






31. A court where a permanent record is kept of the testimony - lawyers' remarks - and judges' rulings.






32. Evidence that suggests the defendant's innocence.






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






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






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






36. 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).






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






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






39. Federal and state rules that regulate how criminal proceedings are conducted.






40. In writing - a technique used to help your reader move from one thought to the next and to see the connections between them.






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






42. 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.






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






44. A decision is reversed when an appellate court overturns or negates the decision of a lower court.






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






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






47. The process of finding the law.






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






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






50. A computer search that identifies every place in which the search term appears in the actual text of the document being searched.