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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. The process of properly identifying and authenticating evidence so that it can be introduced.






2. The questioning of your own witness.






3. A judgment entered against a party who fails to complete a required step - such as answering the complaint.






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






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






6. 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.






7. In a case brief - the rule of law applied to the case's specific facts.






8. An intentional act that creates a reasonable apprehension of an immediate harmful or offensive physical contact.






9. When an appellate court that normally sits in panels sits as a whole.






10. 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.






11. Located in most codified statutes - this table lists statutes by their popular names along with their citations.






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






13. Questions relating to what happened: who - what - when - where - and how.






14. Someone who has the power to act in the place of another.






15. A request that the court grant judgment in favor of the moving party because there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. It is similar to a 12(b)(6) motion except that the court a






16. Questions that suggest the answer.






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






18. A national association of paralegal managers.






19. A lawsuit brought by a person as a representative for a group of people who have been similarly injured.






20. An activity that requires professional judgment - or the educational ability to relate law to a specific legal problem.






21. Law dealing with ownership.






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






27. A court order requiring a person to appear to testify at a trial or deposition.






28. Including more than one count in a complaint; the counts do not need to be consistent.






29. Specific questions that usually demand very short or yes-no answers.






30. 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






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






32. Governmental publication of court opinions.






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






34. 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.






35. The power of a court to hear a case.






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






41. Written questions sent by one side to the opposing side - answered under oath.






42. Establishes a direct link to the event that must be proven.






43. 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.






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






45. An actual incident or condition; not a legal consequence.






46. The new legal principle established by a court opinion.






47. When only one court has the power to hear a case.






48. The way in which a question of fact is established. Evidence can consist of witness testimony or documents and exhibits. It is the proof presented at a trial.






49. In law - a per curium decision (or opinion) is a ruling issued by an appellate court of multiple judges in which the decision rendered is made by the court (or at least a majoirty of the court) acting collectively and anonymously.






50. In a complaint - one cause of action.