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Paralegal 101
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1. A reason for invalidating a statute where a reasonable person could not determine a statute's meaning.
Counterclaim
Primary authority
Tort law
Void for vagueness
2. A witness who has not been shown to have any special expertise.
Citing case
M'Naghten test
Vicarious representation
Lay witness
3. A trial ended by the judge because of a major problem - such as a prejudicial statement by one of the attorneys.
Inculpatory evidence
Mistrial
Competency
U.S. Court of Appeals
4. The new legal principle established by a court opinion.
Directed verdict
Negligence per se
Holding
Case citation
5. Court decisions from a higher court in the same jurisdiction.
Interrogatories
Negligence
Duress
Mandatory authority
6. 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.
Respondeat superior
Motion for a new trial
Limited jurisdiction
Statutes of limitations
7. Generally accepted legal principles.
Valid
Black-letter law
Plain meaning
Active Listening
8. The process of using Shepard's citations to check a court citation to see whether there has been any subsequent history or treatment by other court decisions.
Proving a case within a case
Rules of evidence
Miranda warnings
Shepardizing
9. An activity that requires professional judgment - or the educational ability to relate law to a specific legal problem.
Easement
Practice of law
Personal property
Direct examination
10. A trial conducted without a jury.
Bench trial
Case reporters
Assumption of the risk
Road Map paragraph
11. A summary of a court opinion that appears at the beginning of the case.
Syllabus
Reverse
American Bar Association (ABA) www.abanet.org
Canons of construction
12. 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.
Motion to suppress
Federalism
Affirmative defense
Doctrine of implied powers
13. Body of law that has evolved from judicial decisions in cases that do not involve constitutional - statutory - or administrative regulation interpretation.
Subsequent case history
Common law
Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Notice
14. The judge informs the jurors of the law they need to know to make their decision.
Charging the jury
Headnote
Battery
Inculpatory evidence
15. A court's power to hear any type of case arising within its geographical area.
Negligence
General jurisdiction
Stare decisis
Concurring opinion
16. In a case brief - the general legal principle in existence before the case began.
Rules of criminal procedure
Competency
Rule
Personal recognizance bond
17. Consists of the description of events that a witness testifies to under oath in a legal proceeding.
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
Testimonial evidence
Execute
Reverse
18. The tenant's right to be free from interference from the landlord with respect to how the property is used.
Summary jury trials
Code
Quiet enjoyment
Motion for a new trial
19. A statutory citation is a formalized method for referring to a statute's chapter (or title) and section numbers.
Narrow Holding
Full-text database
Reverse
Citation
20. Bad intent.
Bail
Mens rea
Procedural facts
Legal fiction
21. The ethical rule prohibiting attorneys and paralegals from working for opposing sides in a case.
Negligence
Consideration
Recklessness
Conflict of interest
22. The justified use of force to protect oneself or others.
Compulsory joinder
Treatment
Self-defense
Contingency Fee
23. Standard used by appellate courts when reviewing a trial court's findings of fact.
Headnote
Preemption
Judgment proof
Clearly erroneous
24. An authoritative secondary source - written by a group of legal scholars - summarizing the existing common law - as well as suggesting what the law should be.
Battered woman's or spouse's syndrome
Inculpatory evidence
Restatement of the Law of Torts - Second
Plain meaning
25. A court opinion that establishes new law in an important area.
Registration
Landmark decision
Subject matter jurisdiction
Professional Corporation (PC)
26. A national organization of paralegal programs that promotes high standards for paralegal education.
Judgment proof
American Association for Paralegal Education (AAfPE) www.aafpe.org
Property law
Fact
27. A test that provides that the defendant is not guity due to insanity if - at the time of the killing the defendant could not control his or her actions.
Entrapment
Statute
Irresistible impulse test
Pocket part
28. The standard of proof used in criminal trials. The evidence represented must be so conclusive and complete that all reasonable doubts regarding the facts are removed from the jurors' minds.
Procedural law
Inculpatory evidence
Fixed Fee
Beyond a reasonable doubt
29. A provision in a deed that prohibits specified uses of the property.
False imprisonment
Certificated
Hypertext links
Restrictive covenant
30. A paralegal who works as an independent contractor rather than as an employee of a law firm or corporation.
Concurring opinion
Freelance Paralegal
Notice
Service
31. 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.
Booking
Bail
Defendant
Personal recognizance bond
32. A person who permits or directs another person to act on the principal's behalf.
Challenge for cause
Principle
Issue
Federal question jurisdiction
33. The authority of a court to hear a case when it is initiated - as opposed to appellate jurisdiction.
Legal technician
Codification
Original jurisdiction
Arbitration
34. Not susceptible to a precise definition; a belief based on specific facts that a crime has been or is about to be committed; more than a reasonable suspicion.
Charging the jury
Legal services offices
Probable cause
Quiet enjoyment
35. The result reached in a particular case.
Disposition
Statute in derogation of the common law
Harmless error
Agent
36. An opinion that disagrees with the majority's decision and its reasoning.
Dissenting opinion
Successive conflict of interest
Reprimand or censure
Limited liability partnership (LLP)
37. The process of legislative enactment of areas of the law previously governed solely by the common law.
Jurisdiction
Request for admissions
Codification of the common law
Warrant
38. Establishes a direct link to the event that must be proven.
Damages
Direct evidence
Mistrial
Inculpatory evidence
39. An error made by the trial judge sufficiently serious to warrant reversing the trial court's decision.
Remand
Cumulative evidence
Reversible error
Res ipsa loquitur
40. A privately published statutory code that includes editorial features - such as summaries of court opinions that have interpreted the statutes.
Annotated statutes
Analogous cases
Road Map paragraph
Plea bargaining
41. 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.
Real property
Proximate cause
Duress
Invasion of Privacy
42. Without the need for a warrant - the police may seize objects that are openly visible.
Professional judgment
Harmless error
Warrant
Plain view doctrine
43. Examples of legal writing include case briefs - law office memoranda - and documents filed with the court.
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
Statute
Legal writing
Procedural law
44. 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.
Legislative history
Original jurisdiction
Counterclaim
Disposition
45. Not factually true - but accepted by the courts as being legally true.
Harmless error
Search engine
Constructive
Verdict
46. The party in a case who has initiated an appeal.
Diversity jurisdiction
Appellate or petitioner
Restatement of the Law of Torts - Second
Charging the jury
47. A person who assists an attorney and - working under the attorney's supervision - does tasks that - absent the paralegal - the attorney would do. A paralegal cannot give advice or appear in court.
Retainer agreement
Case reporters
Retreat exception
Paralegal
48. When nonlawyers do things that only lawyers are allowed to do. In most states this is a crime.
Service
Comparative negligence
Unauthorized practice of law
Minimum contacts
49. The purpose of the legislature at the time it enacted the statute.
Rule 56 motion (summary judgment motion)
Court of record
Legislative intent
Intellectual Property
50. The way in which a question of fact is established. Evidence can consist of witness testimony or documents and exhibits. It is the proof presented at a trial.
Subsequent case history
Concurrent jurisdiction
Dissenting opinion
Evidence
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