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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A suspicion based on specific facts; less than probable cause.






2. Monetary compensation - including compensatory - punitive - and nominal damages.






3. 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.






4. General principles that guide the courts in their interpretation of statutes.






5. Voluntarily and knowingly subjecting oneself to danger.






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






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






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






9. A statement in a judicial opinion not necessary for the decision of the case.






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






11. Private publication of court opinions-for example - the regional reporters - such as N.E.2d - published by West.






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






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






14. How subsequent cases have affected the case you are Shepardizing. It is sometimes indicated by a one-letter abbreviation before the Shepard's citation.






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






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






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






18. Defendant's reply to the complaint. It may contain statements of denial - admission - or lack of knowledge and affirmative defenses.






19. Money awarded to a plaintiff in cases of intentional torts in order to punish the defendant and serve as a warning to others.






20. A motion brought before the beginning of a trial either to eliminate the necessity for a trial or to limit the information that can be heard at the trial.






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






22. In a case brief - the court's answer to the issue presented to it; the new legal principle established by a court opinion.






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






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






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






26. A court's power to review statutes to decide if they conform to the federal or a state constitution.






27. 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.






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






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






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






31. A set of standardized jury instructions.






32. The pleading that begins a lawsuit.






33. '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.






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






35. A tort committed by one who intends to do the act that creates the harm.






36. A means of gaining appellate review; in the U.S. Supreme Court the writ is discretionary and will be issued to another court to review a federal question if four of the nine justices vote to hear the case.






37. A statute that changes the common law.






38. The failure to act reasonably under the circumstances.






39. A constitutional protection against being tried twice for the same crime.






40. Any tangible object - like a bloody glove.






41. 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.






42. An affidavit signed by the client indicating that he or she has read the complaint and that its contents are correct.






43. Land and objects permanently attached to land.






44. Powers not stated in the Constitution but that are necessary for Congress to carry out other - expressly granted powers.






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






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






47. In deductive reasoning - the statement of a broad proposition that forms the starting point; in law - the statement of a legal rule that you can find in a statute or court opinion.






48. Proof that the evidence is what it is said to be.






49. 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.






50. A provision that purports to waive liability.