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Paralegal 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Without the need for a warrant - the police may seize objects that are openly visible.






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






3. Liability without having to prove fault.






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






5. A national paralegal association.






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






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






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






9. A defense whereby the defendant offers new evidence to avoid judgment.






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






17. A court order that ends a lawsuit; the suit cannot be refiled by the same parties.






18. A claim by the defendant against the plaintiff.






19. In law - a per curium decision (or opinion) is a ruling issued by an appellate court of multiple judges in which the decision rendered is made by the court (or at least a majoirty of the court) acting collectively and anonymously.






20. A provision that purports to waive liability.






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






22. A court's power to review statutes to decide if they conform to the federal or a state constitution.






23. When a person must be brought into a lawsuit as either a plaintiff or a defendant.






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






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






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






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






28. The status of having received a certificate documenting that the person has successfully completed an educational program.






29. 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.






30. The decision of the court regarding the claims of each side. It may be based on a jury's verdict.






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






32. Information about what happened procedurally to the litigation after the case cited. Include this information in a citation.






33. Information about what happened procedurally to the cited case before it was heard by the cited court. Do not include this information in a citation.






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






35. The authority of a court to hear a case when it is initiated - as opposed to appellate jurisdiction.






36. 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.






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






38. A suspicion based on specific facts; less than probable cause.






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






40. Law that regulates how the legal system operates.






41. Occurs when the police restrain a person's freedom and charge the person with a crime.






42. In a complaint - one cause of action.






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






44. The law itself - such as statutes and court opinions.






45. 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.






46. Being informed of some act done or about to be done.






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






48. The failure of an attorney to act reasonably.






49. The process of legislative enactment of areas of the law previously governed solely by the common law.






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







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