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Paralegal 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Located in most codified statutes - this table lists statutes by their popular names along with their citations.






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






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






4. A canon of construction meaning 'of the same class.:






5. 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.






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






7. The justified use of force to protect oneself or others.






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






9. A trial conducted without a jury.






10. A court order requiring a person to appear to testify at a trial or deposition.






11. 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.






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






13. The general jurisdiction trial courts in the federal system.






14. Bad intent.






15. A provision that purports to waive liability.






16. Determined by whether the evidence leads one to logically conclude that an asserted fact is either more or less probable.






17. In a case brief - facts that relate to what happened procedurally in the lower courts or administrative agencies before the case reached the court issuing the opinion.






18. Someone who has the power to act in the place of another.






19. Negligence by the plaintiff that contributed to his or her injury. Normally - it is a complete bar to the plaintiff's recovery.






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






21. A claim by the defendant against the plaintiff.






22. All property that is not real property.






23. A method for interpreting statutes in which the ordinary meaning of the statute's language is examined.






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. When the product was not being used for its intended purpose or was being used in a dangerous manner; it is a defense to a products liability claim so long as the misuse was not foreseeable.






26. Evidence that suggests the defendant's innocence.






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






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






29. Federal and state rules that govern the admissibility of evidence in court.






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






31. A person who permits or directs another person to act on the principal's behalf.






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






33. Law that deals with harm to an individual.






34. The tort theory that an employer can be sued for the negligent acts of its employees.






35. Someone in court testifying to what someone said out of court for the purpose of establishing the truth of what was said.






36. Also known as cause in fact - this is measured by the 'but for' standard: But for the defendant's actions - the plaintiff would not have been injured.






37. The process of organizing statutes by subject matter.






38. A national association of paralegal managers.






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






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






41. Summary of one legal point in a court opinion; written by the editors at West.






42. A set charge for a specific service - such as drafting a simple will.






43. Information that tells the reader the name of the case - where it can be located - the court that decided it - and the year it was decided. The Bluebook gives precise rules as to how case citations are to be written.






44. A request that the court prohibit the use of certain evidence at the trial.






45. A reason for invalidating a statute where a reasonable person could not determine a statute's meaning.






46. Questions relating to the interpretation or application of the law.






47. A term used to describe a case that is similar to another case.






48. A situation in which a conflict of interest may arise in the future--for example - representing business partners.






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






50. A form in which statutes are published; they are printed individually at the time they are first enacted.