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






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






3. A national voluntary organization of lawyers.






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






5. Cases that involve similar facts and rules of law.






6. Consists of the description of events that a witness testifies to under oath in a legal proceeding.






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






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






9. Negligence by the plaintiff that contributed to his or her injury. Normally - any finding of contributory negligence acts as a complete bar to a plaintiff's recovery.






10. The questioning of an opposing witness.






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






12. Rules of conduct promulgated and enforced by the government.






13. A court opinion that establishes new law in an important area.






14. A question that suggests the answer; generally - leading questions may not be asked during direct examination of a witness.






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






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






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






18. A defendant's personal promise to appear in court.






19. A term used to describe two cases that are almost identical - with similar facts and legal issues.






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






21. Courts that determine whether lower courts have made errors of law.






22. 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.






23. The revocation of an attorney's license.






24. A method for excusing a prospective juror based on the juror's inability to serve in an unbiased manner.






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






26. The person who is being asked questions at a deposition.






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






28. Defendant's reply to the complaint. It may contain statements of denial - admission - or lack of knowledge and affirmative defenses.






29. All property that is not real property.






30. Bad act.






31. The rule that in order to claim self-defense there must have been no possibility of retreat.






32. The background documents created during the process of a bill becoming a statute. These documents can include alternative versions of the legislation - proceedings of committee hearings and reports - and transcripts of floor debates.






33. A token sum awarded when liability has been found but monetary damages cannot be shown.






34. A constitutional protection against being tried twice for the same crime.






35. A statute enacted to correct a defect in prior law or to provide a remedy where none existed.






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






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






38. A public or private statement that an attorney's conduct violated the code of ethics.






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






40. 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.






41. Generally accepted legal principles.






42. The process after arrest that includes taking the defendant's personal information - giving the defendant an opportunity to read and sign a Miranda card - and allowing the defendant the opportunity to use a telephone.






43. Written questions sent by one side to the opposing side - answered under oath.






44. A trial conducted without a jury.






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. 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.






50. Money is awarded to a plaintiff in payment for his or her actual losses.