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Paralegal 101

Subject : law
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1. A statutory citation is a formalized method for referring to a statute's chapter (or title) and section numbers.






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






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






4. 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.






5. 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.






6. A term used to describe two cases that are almost identical - with similar facts and legal issues.






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






8. A judgment that reverses the verdict of the jury when the verdict had no reasonable factual support or was contrary to law.






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






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






11. Rules and regulations created by administrative agencies.






12. An opinion that agrees with the majority's result but disagrees with the reasoning.






13. 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.






14. A national organization of paralegal programs that promotes high standards for paralegal education.






15. Generally accepted legal principles.






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






17. Law that creates rights and duties.






18. In logic - an argument is considered to be valid or sound if the assumption underlying the argument are true.






19. 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.






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






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






22. 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.






23. A notice informing the defendant of the lawsuit and requiring the defendant to respond or risk losing the suit.






24. The requirement that defendants be notified of their rights to remain silent and to have an attorney present prior to being questioned by the police.






25. Techniques for resolving conflicts that are alternatives to full-scale litigation. The two most common are arbitration and mediation.






26. The principle that courts cannot decide abstract issues or render advisory opinions; rather - they are limited to deciding cases that involve litigants who are personally affected by the court's decision.






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






28. Violation of a statute as proof of negligence






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






30. A case listed in Shepard's that cites your case.






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






32. Law that deals with harm to an individual.






33. A trial ended by the judge because of a major problem - such as a prejudicial statement by one of the attorneys.






34. A decision is overruled when a court in a later case changes the law that the decision in the earlier case is no longer good law.






35. Information that can be presented in a court of law as proof of some fact.






36. Law dealing with ownership.






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






38. The authority of a court to hear a case when it is initiated - as opposed to appellate jurisdiction.






39. Also known as real estate; land and items growing on or permanently attached to that land.






40. 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.






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






42. The process of legislative enactment of areas of the law previously governed solely by the common law.






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






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






45. A decision is overruled when a court in a later case changes the law so that its prior decision is no longer good law.






46. A request that the court prohibit the use of certain evidence at the trial.






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






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






49. The opinion of a jury on a question of fact.






50. All property that is not real property.