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






2. The questioning of your own witness.






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






4. Determined by whether the evidence leads one to logically conclude that an asserted fact is either more or less probable.






5. A person who initiates an appeal.






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






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






8. A person who initiates a lawsuit.






9. A temporary transfer of personal property to someone other than the owner for a specified purpose.






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






11. Books that contain appellate court decisions. There are both official and unofficial reporters.






12. A provision that purports to waive liability.






13. A court's power to hear only specialized cases.






14. '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.






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






16. An approach whereby the courts give a statute a narrow interpretation.






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






18. 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.






19. Information about what happened procedurally to the litigation after the case cited. Include this information in a citation.






20. The law itself - such as statutes and court opinions.






21. In deductive reasoning - the second proposition - which along with the major premise leads to the conclusion; in law - the minor premise consists of the client's facts.






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. The power of the federal courts to hear matters of federal law.






24. Body of law that has evolved from judicial decisions in cases that do not involve constitutional - statutory - or administrative regulation interpretation.






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






26. The result reached in a particular case.






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






33. A court where a permanent record is kept of the testimony - lawyers' remarks - and judges' rulings.






34. A person appointed by the court to manage the affairs or property of a person who is incompetent due to age or some other reason.






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






36. The court's power to review statutes to decide whether they conform to the Constitution.






37. The intermediate appellate courts in the federal system.






38. A public or private statement that an attorney's conduct violated the code of ethics.






39. A claim by the defendant against the plaintiff.






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






41. Summary of one legal point in a court opinion; written by the editors at West.






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






43. In a case brief - the general legal principle in existence before the case began.






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






45. 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.






46. A privately published statutory code that includes editorial features - such as summaries of court opinions that have interpreted the statutes.






47. When the defendant does not have sufficient money or other assets to pay the judgment.






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






49. Law that deals with harm to an individual.






50. 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.