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Paralegal 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
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1. An online legal databease containing court decisions and statutes from the entire country - as well as secondary authority; a competitor to Lexis.






2. An issue that the court has never faced before.






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






4. A defense requiring proof that force or a threat of force was used to cause a person to commit a criminal act.






5. A rule of evidence that prevents an attorney or a paralegal from being compelled to testify about confidential client information.






6. A meeting of the attorneys and the judge prior to the beginning of the trial.






7. The party in a case against whom an appeal has been filed.






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






9. 'The thing speaks for itself'; the doctrine that suggest negligence can be presumed if an event happens that would not ordinarily happen unless someone was negligent.






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






11. A court's power to hear any type of case arising within its geographical area.






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






13. Voluntarily and knowingly subjecting oneself to danger.






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






15. In a complaint - one cause of action.






16. A request made to the court.






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






18. The process of signaling that you are really listening - accomplished by using verbal and nonverbal clues - paraphrasing - and reflecting the client's feelings.






19. A constitutional protection against being tried twice for the same crime.






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






21. An online legal database containing court decisions and statutes from the entire country. While its coverage of other legal mateirals is not as extensive as that of Westlaw and Lexis - it is also less expensive.






22. 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.






23. 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.






24. A witness who possesses skill and knowledge beyond that of the average person.






25. Law that deals with harm to an individual.






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






31. 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.






32. The process of finding the law.






33. 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.






34. Negligence by the plaintiff that contributed to his or her injury. Normally - it is a complete bar to the plaintiff's recovery.






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






36. Evidence that suggests the defendant's guilt.






37. A question that suggests the answer; generally - leading questions may not be asked during direct examination of a witness.






38. A set of standardized jury instructions.






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






40. The publication of false statements that harm a person's reputation.






41. A grand jury's written accusation that a given individual has committed a crime.






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






43. A defendant's plea meaning that the defendant neither admits nor denies the charges.






44. The requirement that relief be sought from an administrative agency before proceeding to court.






45. Computer codes that - when clicked on with a mouse - connect the user to other web pages with related information






46. A bank account used to hold money belonging to the client or to a third party.






47. Relates to the ability of a witness to testify; generally - the witness must be capable of being understood by the jury; must understand the duty to tell the truth; and if a lay witness - must give testimony based on personal knowledge.






48. A nonbinding process in which attorneys for both sides present synopses of their cases to a jury - which renders an advisory opinion on the basis of these presentations.






49. An attorney's written argument presented to an appeals court - setting forth a statement of the law as it should be applied to the client's facts.






50. Generally accepted legal principles.






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