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






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






3. A statement of the court's decision in which the facts are either omitted or given in very general terms so that it will apply to a wider range of cases.






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






5. Simultaneously representing adverse clients.






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






7. A worldwide network of computer networks.






8. A request that the court order a rehearing of a lawsuit because irregularities - such as errors of the court or jury misconduct - make it probable that an impartial trial do not occur.






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






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






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






12. When an appellate court sends a case back to the trial court for a new trial or other action.






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






14. 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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15. In a case brief - the rule of law applied to the case's specific facts.






16. The ethical rule prohibiting attorneys and paralegals from working for opposing sides in a case.






17. A verdict ordered by a trial judge if the plaintiff fails to present a prima facie case or if the defendant fails to present a necessary defense.






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






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






20. Information about the law - such as that contained in encyclopedias and law review articles.






21. A claim by a defendant against someone in addition to the persons the plaintiff has already sued.






22. The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.






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






24. A national paralegal association.






25. 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.






26. Examples of legal writing include case briefs - law office memoranda - and documents filed with the court.






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






28. The tenant's right to be free from interference from the landlord with respect to how the property is used.






29. A statute establishing and setting out the powers of an administrative agency.






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






31. Land and objects permanently attached to land.






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






33. An online legal database containing court decisions and statutes from the entire country. While its coverage of other legal mateirals is not as extensive as that of Westlaw and Lexis - it is also less expensive.






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






35. A paralegal who works as an independent contractor rather than as an employee of a law firm or corporation.






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






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






38. Occurs whenever one person - through force or the threat of force - unlawfully detains another person against his or her will.






39. 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.






40. The revocation of an attorney's license.






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






42. The process by which individuals or organizations have their names placed on an official list kept by some private organization or governmental agency.






43. 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.






44. When an appellate court sends a case back to the trial court for a new trial or other action.






45. 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.






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






47. A law enacted by a state legislature or by Congress.






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






49. An act by a landlord that makes the premises unfit or unsuitable for occupancy.






50. 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.