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Paralegal 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Affiliated with the federal government's Legal Services Corporation - these offices serve those who would otherwise be unable to afford legal assistance.






2. A computer program that allows the user to retrieve web documents that match the key words entered by the searcher.






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






4. The right of the police to detain an individual for a brief period of time and to search the outside of the person's clothing if the police have a reasonable suspicion that the individual has committed or is about to commit crime.






5. Representing someone who is in a position adverse to a prior client.






6. Fairness; a court's power to do justice. Equity powers allow judges to take action when otherwise the law would limit their decisions to monetary awards. Equity powers include a judge's ability to issue an injunction and to order specific performance






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






8. 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.






9. An ADR mechanism whereby the parties submit their disagreement to a third party - whose decision is binding.






10. A temporary transfer of personal property to someone other than the owner for a specified purpose.






11. In a case brief - facts that deal with what happened to the parties before the litigation began.






12. 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.






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






14. A court's prior permission for the police to search and seize.






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






16. The modern pretrial procedure by which one party gains information from the adverse party.






17. An actual incident or condition; not a legal consequence.






18. Someone who has the power to act in the place of another.






19. A computer search that identifies every place in which the search term appears in the actual text of the document being searched.






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






21. The papers that begin a lawsuit-generally - the complaint and the answer.






22. The power of government to take private property for public purposes.






23. 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.






24. A compilation of federal administrative regulations arranged by agency.






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






26. The questioning of an opposing witness.






27. 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.






28. 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).






29. A contract that outlines the attorney's duties and the client's obligations regarding payment - on either an hourly or a contingency fee basis - as well as the client's responsibility reagarding costs and expenses.






30. An act by a landlord that makes the premises unfit or unsuitable for occupancy.






31. When the law is applied to the client's facts and the result is not obvious - an issue is created.






32. A claim that based on the law and the facts is sufficient to support a lawsuit. If the plaintiff does not state a valid cause of action in the complaint - the court will dismiss it.






33. A person who initiates an appeal.






34. 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.






35. An intentional tort that covers a variety of situations - including disclosure - intrusion - appropriation - and false light.






36. Federal and state rules that regulate how criminal proceedings are conducted.






37. Money awarded to a plaintiff in cases of intentional torts in order to punish the defendant and serve as a warning to others.






38. A method for interpreting statutes in which the ordinary meaning of the statute's language is examined.






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






40. Rules and regulations created by administrative agencies.






41. When an appellate court that normally sits in panels sits as a whole.






42. Private publication of court opinions-for example - the regional reporters - such as N.E.2d - published by West.






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






48. An introductory paragraph listing issues to be discussed in the order they are to be discussed.






49. All property that is not real property.






50. A person who permits or directs another person to act on the principal's behalf.