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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Ownership by two or more people. Ownership shares do not have to be equal - but each has an undivided interest in the property. When a tenant in common dies - that person's share passes either by will or by intestate statute.






2. A tangible object or a right or ownership interest.






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






4. A judgment entered against a party who fails to complete a required step - such as answering the complaint.






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






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






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






8. The final paragraph in a written legal analysis that summarizes the writer's conclusions.






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






10. The highest federal appellate court - consisting of nine appointed members.






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






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






13. Liability without a showing of fault.






14. The pretrial oral questioning of a witness under oath.






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






16. Voluntarily and knowingly subjecting oneself to danger.






17. A decision is affirmed when the litigants appeal the trial court decision and the higher court agrees with what the lower court has done.






18. A group of people - usually 23 - whose function is to determine if probable cause exists to believe that a crime has been committed and that the defendant committed it.






19. Not factually true - but accepted by the courts as being legally true.






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






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






22. A defense requiring proof that the defendant was not mentally responsible.






23. Law that deals with harm to a person or a person's property.






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






25. An affidavit signed by the client indicating that he or she has read the complaint and that its contents are correct.






26. Standard used by appellate courts when reviewing a trial court's findings of fact.






27. In a case brief - facts that relate to what happened procedurally in the lower courts or administrative agencies before the case reached the court issuing the opinion.






28. The theory holding manufacturers and sellers liable for defective products when the defects make the products unreasonably dangerous.






29. An opinion that disagrees with the majority's decision and its reasoning.






30. A motion brought before the beginning of a trial either to eliminate the necessity for a trial or to limit the information that can be heard at the trial.






31. An online legal database containing court decisions and statutes from the entire country - as well as secondary authority; a competitor to Westlaw.






32. A warrant that allows the police to enter without announcing their presence in advance.






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






34. A defense requiring proof that the defendant would not have committed the crime but for police trickery.






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






36. 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.






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






38. The ethical rule prohibiting attorneys and paralegals from working for opposing sides in a case.






39. A situation in which a conflict of interest may arise in the future--for example - representing business partners.






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






41. A statement of the court's decision in which the facts are either omitted or given in very general terms so that it will apply to a wider range of cases.






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






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






44. In a complaint - one cause of action.






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






46. A decision is reversed when an appellate court overturns or negates the decision of a lower court.






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






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






49. When a judge formally recognizes something as being a fact without requiring the attorneys prove it through the introduction of other evidence.






50. A summary of a court opinion that appears at the beginning of the case.