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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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1. A trial court error that is not sufficient to warrant reversing the decision.






2. The questioning of your own witness.






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






4. Money is awarded to a plaintiff in payment for his or her actual losses.






5. The process of finding the law.






6. A set of standardized jury instructions.






7. A statute that changes the common law.






8. The power of a court to hear a particular type of case.






9. A body of principles and rules that are either explicitly stated in - or inferred from - the constitutions of the United States and those of the individual states.






10. 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.






11. A witness who has not been shown to have any special expertise.






12. Without the need for a warrant - the police may seize objects that are openly visible.






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






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






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






16. Also known as cause in fact - this is measured by the 'but for' standard: But for the defendant's actions - the plaintiff would not have been injured.






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






18. When the product was not being used for its intended purpose or was being used in a dangerous manner; it is a defense to a products liability claim so long as the misuse was not foreseeable.






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






20. The rule requiring that the original document be produced at trial.






21. A law enacted by a state legislature or by Congress.






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






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. The rules whereby all members of a law firm are treated as though they had represented the former client.






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






26. Land and objects permanently attached to land.






27. The doctrine stating that normally once a court has decided one way on a particular issue - it and other courts in the same jurisdiction will decide the same way on that issue in future cases given similar facts unless they can be convinced of the ne






28. Evidence that supports previous testimony but that comes in a different form.






29. A requirement that property be fit for the purpose for which it is being rented. Owners are required to repair and maintain the premises at certain minimum levels.






30. A term used to describe a case that is similar to another case.






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






32. The party in a case who has initiated an appeal.






33. The chronological publication of statutes at the end of a legislative session.






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






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






36. Someone in court testifying to what someone said out of court for the purpose of establishing the truth of what was said.






37. The status of being formally recognized by a nongovernmental organization for having met special criteria - such as fulfilling educational requirements and passing an exam - established by that organization.






38. A compilation of federal or state statutes in which the statutes are organized by subject matter rather than by year of enactment.






39. Federal and state rules that govern the admissibility of evidence in court.






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






41. In a lawsuit the person who is sued; in a criminal case the person who is being charged with a crime.






42. Not susceptible to a precise definition; a belief based on specific facts that a crime has been or is about to be committed; more than a reasonable suspicion.






43. A suspicion based on specific facts; less than probable cause.






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






45. When more than one court has jurisdiction to hear a case.






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






47. The delivery of a pleading or other paper in a lawsuit to the opposing party.






48. A professional entity in which the owners share in the organization's profits but are not liable for the malpractice of their partners.






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






50. The power of the federal courts to hear matters of state law if the opposing parties are from different states and the amounts in controversy exceeds $75 -000.00