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Paralegal 101
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1. A criminal proceeding at which the court informs the defendant of the charges being brought against him or her and the defendant enters a plea.
Arraignment
U.S. district courts
Derogation of the common law
Negligence
2. A process whereby the prosecutor and the defendant's attorney agree for the defendant to plead guilty in exchange for the prosecutor's promise to charge him or her with a lesser offense - drop some additional charges - or request a lesser sentence.
Suspension
Plea bargaining
Landmark decision
Bench trial
3. Law dealing with ownership.
Property law
Stop and frisk
Counterclaim
Substantive facts
4. In a case brief - the general legal principle in existence before the case began.
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
Corroborative evidence
Rule
Removal
5. A test that provides that the defendant is not guilty due to insanity if - at the time of the killing - the defendant suffered from a defect or disease of the mind and could not understand whether the act was right or wrong.
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6. Federal and state rules that regulate how criminal proceedings are conducted.
Partnership
Concurring opinion
Adverse possession
Rules of criminal procedure
7. An examination of a prospective juror to see if he or she is fit to serve as a juror on a specific case.
Cause of action
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
Cross-claim
Voir dire
8. A nonlawyer who provides legal services directly to the public without being under the supervision of an attorney. Absent a statute allowing this activity - it constitutes the unauthorized practice of law.
Deposition
Legal technician
Official reporter
Guardian
9. A term used to describe a case that is similar to another case.
Counterclaim
On point
Contributory negligence
Pleading in the alternative
10. The power of the federal government to prevent the states from passing conflicting laws - and sometimes even to prohibit states from passing any laws on a particular subject.
Preemption
Full-text searches
Dismissal with prejudice
Pretrial motion
11. A business run by two or more persons as co-owners.
Lay witness
Partnership
Tenancy by the entirety
Broad holding
12. Disregarding a substantial and unjustifiable risk that harm will result.
Professional Corporation (PC)
Recklessness
Negligence
Reasonable suspicion
13. A court's power to hear only specialized cases.
Limited jurisdiction
Bail
Cross-claim
Motion in limine
14. A defendant's plea meaning that the defendant neither admits nor denies the charges.
Insanity defense
Answer
Conflict of interest
Nolo contendere
15. A national association of paralegal associations.
Preponderance of the evidence
Remand
Unofficial reporter
National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA) www.paralegals.org
16. An intentional act that creates a harmful or offensive physical contact.
Battery
Removal
Codification
Legal services offices
17. A witness who has not been shown to have any special expertise.
Dictum
Potential conflict
Digest
Lay witness
18. The requirement in a legal malpractice case that the plaintiff-client prove that but for the attorney's negligence - the client would have won.
Mistrial
Third-party claim
Proving a case within a case
Best evidence rule
19. A judgment that reverses the verdict of the jury when the verdict had no reasonable factual support or was contrary to law.
Judgment notwithstanding the verdict (judgment N.O.V.)
Hourly rate
Mistrial
Subsequent case history
20. An opinion that disagrees with the majority's decision and its reasoning.
Dissenting opinion
Harmless error
On point
Negligence
21. A method for interpreting statutes in which the ordinary meaning of the statute's language is examined.
Plain meaning
Summary jury trials
Appellant or petitioner
Derogation of the common law
22. An online legal database containing court decisions and statutes from the entire country - as well as secondary authority; a competitor to Westlaw.
Procedural law
Federalism
Personal recognizance bond
Lexis
23. Governmental publication of court opinions.
Judicial activism
Official reporter
Judicial review
Retainer
24. Questions relating to the interpretation or application of the law.
Specific performance
Questions of law
Invasion of Privacy
Affirm
25. The questioning of an opposing witness.
Majority opinion
Bail
Agent
Cross-examination
26. When the defendant does not have sufficient money or other assets to pay the judgment.
Leading questions
Search engine
Jurisdiction
Judgment proof
27. The party in a case against whom an appeal has been filed.
Suspension
Appellee or respondent
Comparative negligence
Pocket part
28. 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.
Reverse
Recidivist
Guardian
Contributory negligence
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.
Jurisdiction
Diversity jurisdiction
Questions of law
Subsequent case history
30. An approach whereby the courts give a statute a narrow interpretation.
Popular name table
Practice of law
Strict construction
Retainer
31. A body of principles and rules that are either explicitly stated in - or inferred from - the constitutions of the United States and those of the individual states.
Evidence
Constitutional law
Distinguishable cases
Guardian
32. An intentional act that creates a reasonable apprehension of an immediate harmful or offensive physical contact.
Damages
Voir dire
Expert witness
Assault
33. General principles that guide the courts in their interpretation of statutes.
Canons of construction
Cause of action
Citation
No-knock warrant
34. A determination that an attorney may not practice law for a set period of time.
Suspension
Principle
Standing
Strict liability
35. A request that the court order a rehearing of a lawsuit because irregularities - such as errors of the court or jury misconduct - make it probable that an impartial trial do not occur.
Motion for a new trial
Code
Inculpatory evidence
Constructive eviction
36. A defense requiring proof that the defendant would not have committed the crime but for police trickery.
Criminal law
Partnership
Negligence
Entrapment
37. A notice informing the defendant of the lawsuit and requiring the defendant to respond or risk losing the suit.
Summons
Power of judicial review
Respondeat superior
Injunction
38. Establishes a direct link to the event that must be proven.
Reverse
Direct evidence
Separation of powers
Full-text searches
39. All property that is not real property.
Personal property
Motion to require a finding of not guilty
Minor premise
Appellee or respondent
40. The intermediate appellate courts in the federal system.
Freelance Paralegal
U.S. Court of Appeals
Third-party claim
Remand
41. Information that can be presented in a court of law as proof of some fact.
Headnote
Enabling act
Evidence
Real or physical evidence
42. In a case brief - facts that deal with what happened to the parties before the litigation began.
Count
Substantive facts
Pleadings
Legal Reasoning
43. When an appellate court sends a case back to the trial court for a new trial or other action.
Official reporter
Remand
Negligence per se
Contributory negligence
44. A request made to the court.
Canons of construction
Rule 56 motion (summary judgment motion)
Principle
Motion
45. In logic - an argument is considered to be valid or sound if the assumption underlying the argument are true.
Valid
Judicial restraint
Battered woman's or spouse's syndrome
Bill of Rights
46. A professional entity in which the owners share in the organization's profits but are not liable for the malpractice of their partners.
Necessity
Limited liability partnership (LLP)
Legal Reasoning
Ejusdem generis
47. Part of the Model Penal Code; a test that provides that the defendant is not guilty due to insanity if - at the time of the killing - the defendant lacked either the ability to understand that the act was wrong or the ability to control the behavior.
Grand jury
Fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine
Substantial capacity test
Remedial statute
48. A term used to describe two cases that are almost identical - with similar facts and legal issues.
Syllabus
Statutes at large or session laws
On all fours
Pocket part
49. Courts that determine whether lower courts have made errors of law.
Appellate courts
Harmless error
Power of judicial review
Full-text searches
50. In logic - a belief that justifies one in arguing a conclusion.
Reverse
Assumption
Double jeopardy
Hearsay
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