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Paralegal 101

Subject : law
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1. The process of signaling that you are really listening - accomplished by using verbal and nonverbal clues - paraphrasing - and reflecting the client's feelings.






2. The reference to a particular page within an opinion.






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






4. A court's power to hear any type of case arising within its geographical area.






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






6. A statute enacted to correct a defect in prior law or to provide a remedy where none existed.






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






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






9. An intentional act that creates a harmful or offensive physical contact.






10. Examples of legal writing include case briefs - law office memoranda - and documents filed with the court.






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






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






13. 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.






14. 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.






15. The background documents created during the process of a bill becoming a statute. These documents can include alternative versions of the legislation - proceedings of committee hearings and reports - and transcripts of floor debates.






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






17. Ownership by two or more people. Ownership shares do not have to be equal - but each has an undivided interest in the property. When a tenant in common dies - that person's share passes either by will or by intestate statute.






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






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






20. A process whereby the prosecutor and the defendant's attorney agree for the defendant to plead guilty in exchange for the prosecutor's promise to charge him or her with a lesser offense - drop some additional charges - or request a lesser sentence.






21. A claim by the defendant against the plaintiff.






22. Questions that suggest the answer.






23. The revocation of an attorney's license.






24. Part of the Model Penal Code; a test that provides that the defendant is not guilty due to insanity if - at the time of the killing - the defendant lacked either the ability to understand that the act was wrong or the ability to control the behavior.






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






26. Law that regulates how the legal system operates.






27. A separable part of a statute that must be satisfied for the statute to apply.






28. A claim by one defendant against another defendant or by one plaintiff against another plaintiff.






29. The right of the police to detain an individual for a brief period of time and to search the outside of the person's clothing if the police have a reasonable suspicion that the individual has committed or is about to commit crime.






30. A court's prior permission for the police to search and seize.






31. A repeat offender; one who continues to commit more crimes.






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






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






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






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






36. Fairness; a court's power to do justice. Equity powers allow judges to take action when otherwise the law would limit their decisions to monetary awards. Equity powers include a judge's ability to issue an injunction and to order specific performance






37. 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.






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






39. A court order requiring a party to perform a specific act or to cease doing a specific act.






40. Violation of a statute as proof of negligence






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






42. A test that provides that the defendant is not guilty due to insanity if - at the time of the killing - the defendant suffered from a defect or disease of the mind and could not understand whether the act was right or wrong.

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43. A statement of the court's decision in which the facts are either omitted or given in very general terms so that it will apply to a wider range of cases.






44. A summary of a court opinion that appears at the beginning of the case.






45. A pamphlet inserted into the back of a book containing information new since the volume was published.






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






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






48. A worldwide network of computer networks.






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






50. Evidence that suggests the defendant's guilt.







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