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Paralegal 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
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1. An assumption that something that is not real is real-for example - saying that a corporation is a person for purposes of its being able to sue and be sued.






2. Usually organized as either a partnership or a professional corporation - law clinics provide low-cost legal services on routine matters by stressing low overhead and high volume.






3. A determination that an attorney may not practice law for a set period of time.






4. The general jurisdiction trial courts in the federal system.






5. A business run by two or more persons as co-owners.






6. A summary of one legal point in a court opinion; written by the editors at West.






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. The intermediate appellate courts in the federal system.






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






16. 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.






17. 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.






18. A means of gaining appellate review; in the U.S. Supreme Court the writ is discretionary and will be issued to another court to review a federal question if four of the nine justices vote to hear the case.






19. A request that the court order that certain information not be mentioned in the presence of the jury.






20. The defense's request that the court find the prosecution failed to meet its burden and that it remove the case from the jury by finding the defendant not guilty.






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






22. 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.






23. 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.






24. 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.






25. Evidence that suggests the defendant's innocence.






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






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






28. A statute that changes the common law.






29. Law dealing with ownership.






30. Affiliated with the federal government's Legal Services Corporation - these offices serve those who would otherwise be unable to afford legal assistance.






31. A document that lists statements regarding specific items for the other party to admit or deny.






32. A provision that purports to waive liability.






33. An error made by the trial judge sufficiently serious to warrant reversing the trial court's decision.






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






35. A request that the court release the defendant because of the illegality of the incarceration.






36. 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.






37. To perform.






38. A constitutional fairness requirement that a defendant have at least a certain minimum level of contact with a state before the state courts can have jurisdiction over the defendant.






39. A requirement that a party fulfill his or her contractual obligations.






40. A verdict ordered by a trial judge if the plaintiff fails to present a prima facie case or if the defendant fails to present a necessary defense.






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






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






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






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






45. Land and objects permanently attached to land.






46. How subsequent cases have affected the case you are Shepardizing. It is sometimes indicated by a one-letter abbreviation before the Shepard's citation.






47. 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.






48. Courts that determine the facts and apply the law to the facts.






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






50. The division of governmental power among the legislative - executive - and judicial branches.







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