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Paralegal 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
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1. An act by a landlord that makes the premises unfit or unsuitable for occupancy.






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






3. 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.






4. Once actual cause is found - as a policy matter - the court must also find that the act and the resulting harm were so foreseeably related as to justify a finding of liability.






5. The decision of the court regarding the claims of each side. It may be based on a jury's verdict.






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






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






8. An intentional tort that covers a variety of situations - including disclosure - intrusion - appropriation - and false light.






9. A reason for invalidating a statute where it covers both protected and criminal activity.






10. A set of standardized jury instructions.






11. Money is awarded to a plaintiff in payment for his or her actual losses.






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






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






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






15. The number of hours - or parts of an hour - that can be charged to a specific client.






16. Not factually true - but accepted by the courts as being legally true.






17. 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






18. In a lawsuit the person who is sued; in a criminal case the person who is being charged with a crime.






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






20. Evidence that suggests the defendant's guilt.






21. A method for excusing a prospective juror based on the juror's inability to serve in an unbiased manner.






22. A defendant's personal promise to appear in court.






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






24. A method for excusing a prospective juror; no reason need be given.






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






26. The revocation of an attorney's license.






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






28. A national association of paralegal associations.






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






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






31. A special type of joint tenancy applicable only to married couples.






32. 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.






33. An opinion that agrees with the majority's result but disagrees with the reasoning.






34. A system developed to shield an attorney or a paralegal from a case that otherwise would create a conflict of interest.






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






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






37. Being the victem of repeated attacks - self-defense is sometimes allowed to the victim - even when the victim is not in immediate danger.

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38. In a complaint - one cause of action.






39. A trial court error that is not sufficient to warrant reversing the decision.






40. A national paralegal association.






41. A token sum awarded when liability has been found but monetary damages cannot be shown.






42. An opinion that disagrees with the majority's decision and its reasoning.






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






44. 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.






45. The modern pretrial procedure by which one party gains information from the adverse party.






46. 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.






47. 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.






48. A person who assists an attorney and - working under the attorney's supervision - does tasks that - absent the paralegal - the attorney would do. A paralegal cannot give advice or appear in court.






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






50. The pleading that begins a lawsuit.