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Paralegal 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
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1. The final paragraph in a written legal analysis that summarizes the writer's conclusions.






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






7. When an appellate court overturns or negates the decision of a lower court.






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






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






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






11. 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.






12. A provision in a deed that prohibits specified uses of the property.






13. A national association of paralegal associations.






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






15. Evidence that is derived from an illegal search or interrogation is inadmissible.






16. 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.






17. A method for measuring the relative negligence of the plaintiff and the defendant - with a commensurate sharing of the compensation for the injuries.






18. 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.






19. The law that sets the length of time from when something happens to when a lawsuit must be filed before the right to bring it is lost.






20. Evidence that suggests the defendant's guilt.






21. 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.






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






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






24. The failure of an attorney to act reasonably.






25. A court order that a person who is not a party to the litigation appear at a trial or deposition and bring requested documents.






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






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






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






29. Law that deals with harm to an individual.






30. A national voluntary organization of lawyers.






31. The process of using Shepard's citations to check a court citation to see whether there has been any subsequent history or treatment by other court decisions.






32. Information about what happened procedurally to the litigation after the case cited. Include this information in a citation. There is no entry for the topic Husband and Wife.






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






34. The law that sets the length of time from when something happens to when a lawsuit must be filed before the right to bring it is lost.






35. 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.






36. A court order that ends a lawsuit; the suit cannot be refiled by the same parties.






37. A method for measuring the relative negligence of the plaintiff and the defendant - with a commensurate sharing of the compensation for the injuries.






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






39. The standard of proof used in some civil trials. The evidence presented must be greater than a preponderance of the evidence but less than beyond a reasonable doubt.






40. When an appellate court sends a case back to the trial court for a new trial or other action.






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






42. Broad questions that put few limits on the freedom of the respondent.






43. Law that regulates how the legal system operates.






44. A person who initiates an appeal.






45. A national paralegal association.






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






47. The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.






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






49. A worldwide network of computer networks.






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