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Paralegal 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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).






2. A computerized database that contains key information about the content of documents - such as medical records.






3. Liability without having to prove fault.






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






5. A pamphlet inserted into the back of a book containing information new since the volume was published.






6. A person who initiates a lawsuit.






7. Any tangible object - like a bloody glove.






8. Questions relating to what happened: who - what - when - where - and how.






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






10. A method for excusing a prospective juror; no reason need be given.






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






12. Voluntarily and knowingly subjecting oneself to danger.






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






14. Body of law that has evolved from judicial decisions in cases that do not involve constitutional - statutory - or administrative regulation interpretation.






15. A defense requiring proof that force or a threat of force was used to cause a person to commit a criminal act.






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






17. Evidence that supports previous testimony but that comes in a different form.






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






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






20. The tenant's right to be free from interference from the landlord with respect to how the property is used.






21. Either a subcategory of relevancy or simply another word for relevancy - the requirement that the evidence be more probative than prejudicial.






22. 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.






23. The educated ability to apply law to specific facts.






24. What the prosecution or plaintiff must be able to prove in order for the case to go to the jury-that is - the elements of the prosecution's case or the plaintiff's cause of action.






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






26. An online legal database containing court decisions and statutes from the entire country. While its coverage of other legal mateirals is not as extensive as that of Westlaw and Lexis - it is also less expensive.






27. 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.






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






29. The party in a lawsuit against whom an appeal has been filed.






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






31. A national voluntary organization of lawyers.






32. The chronological publication of statutes at the end of a legislative session.






33. An agreement supported by consideration.






34. A meeting of the attorneys and the judge prior to the beginning of the trial.






35. The new legal principle established by a court opinion.






36. Evidence that suggests the defendant's guilt.






37. A notice informing the defendant of the lawsuit and requiring the defendant to respond or risk losing the suit.






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






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






40. A professional entity in which the owners share in the organization's profits but are not liable for the malpractice of their partners.






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






42. The process of finding the law.






43. Court decisions from a higher court in the same jurisdiction.






44. A court order authorizing a sheriff to take property in order to enforce a judgment.






45. The result reached in a particular case.






46. Intangible assets - such as trade secrets - copyrights - patents - and trade or service marks.






47. Voluntarily and knowingly subjecting oneself to danger.






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






49. 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.






50. A claim by the defendant against the plaintiff.







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