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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. Body of law that has evolved from judicial decisions in cases that do not involve constitutional - statutory - or administrative regulation interpretation.






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






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






4. Liability without having to prove fault.






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






6. 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.






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






8. The power of a court to force a person to appear before it.






9. A transfer of real property rights that occurs after someone other than the owner has had actual - open - adverse - and exclusive use of the property for a statutorily determined number of years.






10. The rule requiring that the original document be produced at trial.






11. A decision is reversed when an appellate court overturns or negates the decision of a lower court.






12. A notice informing the defendant of the lawsuit and requiring the defendant to respond or risk losing the suit.






13. 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.






14. When nonlawyers do things that only lawyers are allowed to do. In most states this is a crime.






15. Cases that involve different facts and/or rules of law.






16. Summary of one legal point in a court opinion; written by the editors at West.






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






18. The authority of a court to hear a case when it is initiated - as opposed to appellate jurisdiction.






19. The principle that courts cannot decide abstract issues or render advisory opinions; rather - they are limited to deciding cases that involve litigants who are personally affected by the court's decision.






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






21. A decision is overruled when a court in a later case changes the law that the decision in the earlier case is no longer good law.






22. Rules of conduct promulgated and enforced by the government.






23. A term used to describe a case that is similar to another case.






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






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






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






27. The educated ability to apply law to specific facts.






28. A lawsuit brought by a person as a representative for a group of people who have been similarly injured.






29. In a case brief - facts that deal with what happened to the parties before the litigation began.






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






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






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






33. All property that is not real property.






34. The defense's request that the court find the prosecution failed to meet its burden and that it remove the case from the jury by finding the defendant not guilty.






35. An introductory paragraph listing issues to be discussed in the order they are to be discussed.






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






37. A person who initiates an appeal.






38. The law itself - such as statutes and court opinions.






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






40. The failure to act reasonably under the circumstances.






41. An agreement supported by consideration.






42. In logic - an argument is considered to be valid or sound if the assumption underlying the argument are true.






43. A request that the court find the plaintiff has failed to state a valid claim and dismiss the complaint.






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






45. A document that lists statements regarding specific items for the other party to admit or deny.






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






47. A national voluntary organization of lawyers.






48. An ADR mechanism whereby a neutral third party assists the parties in reaching a mutually agreeable - voluntary compromise.






49. Establishes a direct link to the event that must be proven.






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