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Paralegal 101

Subject : law
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1. A canon of construction meaning 'of the same class.:






2. 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.






3. Law that regulates how the legal system operates.






4. A rule that states that evidence obtained in violation of an individual's constitutional rights cannot be used against that individual in a criminal trial.






5. A court where a permanent record is kept of the testimony - lawyers' remarks - and judges' rulings.






6. Being informed of some act done or about to be done.






7. A computerized database that contains key information about the content of documents - such as medical records.






8. When a higher court agrees with what lower court has done.






9. Affiliated with the federal government's Legal Services Corporation - these offices serve those who would otherwise be unable to afford legal assistance.






10. A criminal proceeding at which the court informs the defendant of the charges being brought against him or her and the defendant enters a plea.






11. A person who initiates an appeal.






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






13. Including more than one count in a complaint; the counts do not need to be consistent.






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






15. A method for interpreting statutes in which the ordinary meaning of the statute's language is examined.






16. 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.






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






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






19. The result reached in a particular case.






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






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






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






23. A calendering system that records key dates and important deadlines.






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






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






26. In writing - a technique used to help your reader move from one thought to the next and to see the connections between them.






27. The standard of proof most commonly used in civil trials. The evidence presented must prove that it is more likely than not the defendant committed the wrong.






28. Consists of the description of events that a witness testifies to under oath in a legal proceeding.






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






30. 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.






31. When the law is applied to the client's facts and the result is not obvious - an issue is created.






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






33. An opinion in which a majority of the court joins.






34. Disregarding a substantial and unjustifiable risk that harm will result.






35. 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.






36. 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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37. Also known as cause in fact - this is measured by the 'but for' standard: But for the defendant's actions - the plaintiff would not have been injured.






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






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






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






41. A trial ended by the judge because of a major problem - such as a prejudicial statement by one of the attorneys.






42. The chronological publication of statutes at the end of a legislative session.






43. Either a subcategory of relevancy or simply another word for relevancy - the requirement that the evidence be more probative than prejudicial.






44. A reason for invalidating a statute where a reasonable person could not determine a statute's meaning.






45. To perform.






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






47. A statement of the court's decision that contains many of the case's specific facts - thereby limiting its future applicability to a narrow range of cases.






48. The process of organizing statutes by subject matter.






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






50. An online legal databease containing court decisions and statutes from the entire country - as well as secondary authority; a competitor to Lexis.