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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 computer program that allows the user to retrieve web documents that match the key words entered by the searcher.






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






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






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






5. Questions that suggest the answer.






6. A decision is overruled when a court in a later case changes the law so that its prior decision is no longer good law.






7. A determination that an attorney may not practice law for a set period of time.






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






9. The standard of proof used in criminal trials. The evidence represented must be so conclusive and complete that all reasonable doubts regarding the facts are removed from the jurors' minds.






10. 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.






11. Court decisions from a higher court in the same jurisdiction.






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






13. Any tangible object - like a bloody glove.






14. The rule that in order to claim self-defense there must have been no possibility of retreat.






15. Evidence that suggests the defendant's guilt.






16. Usually organized as either a partnership or a professional corporation - law clinics provide low-cost legal services on routine matters by stressing low overhead and high volume.






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






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






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






20. A tangible object or a right or ownership interest.






21. Techniques for resolving conflicts that are alternatives to full-scale litigation. The two most common are arbitration and mediation.






22. The requirement that relief be sought from an administrative agency before proceeding to court.






23. A defense requiring proof that force or a threat of force was used to cause a person to commit a criminal act.






24. Occurs when the police restrain a person's freedom and charge the person with a crime.






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






26. The questioning of an opposing witness.






27. Law that regulates how the legal system operates.






28. 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.






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






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






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






32. A test that provides that the defendant is not guity due to insanity if - at the time of the killing the defendant could not control his or her actions.






33. Generally accepted legal principles.






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






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






36. 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.






37. The process after arrest that includes taking the defendant's personal information - giving the defendant an opportunity to read and sign a Miranda card - and allowing the defendant the opportunity to use a telephone.






38. A business run by two or more persons as co-owners.






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






40. An approach whereby the courts give a statute a broad interpretation.






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






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






43. A request that the court prohibit the use of certain evidence at the trial.






44. Generally someone operating within the law - representing persons before administrtive agencies that permit this practice.






45. All property that is not real property.






46. A court order authorizing a sheriff to take property in order to enforce a judgment.






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






48. The power of the federal government to prevent the states from passing conflicting laws - and sometimes even to prohibit states from passing any laws on a particular subject.






49. The theory holding manufacturers and sellers liable for defective products when the defects make the products unreasonably dangerous.






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