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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. Bad act.






2. A case listed in Shepard's that cites your case.






3. A defense whereby the defendant offers new evidence to avoid judgment.






4. Questions relating to what happened: who - what - when - where - and how.






5. 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.






6. A claim by one defendant against another defendant or by one plaintiff against another plaintiff.






7. The theory holding manufacturers and sellers liable for defective products when the defects make the products unreasonably dangerous.






8. 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






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






10. A national organization of paralegal programs that promotes high standards for paralegal education.






11. 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.






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






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






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






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






16. A requirement that property be fit for the purpose for which it is being rented. Owners are required to repair and maintain the premises at certain minimum levels.






17. A compilation of federal administrative regulations arranged by agency.






18. The failure of an attorney to act reasonably.






19. A witness who possesses skill and knowledge beyond that of the average person.






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






21. The law that sets the length of time from when something happens to when a lawsuit must be filed before the right to bring it is lost.






22. The party in a case against whom an appeal has been filed.






23. Law that deals with harm to an individual.






24. The justified use of force to protect oneself or others.






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






26. Information about what happened procedurally to the cited case before it was heard by the cited court. Do not include this information in a citation.






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. Relates to the ability of a witness to testify; generally - the witness must be capable of being understood by the jury; must understand the duty to tell the truth; and if a lay witness - must give testimony based on personal knowledge.






29. The tort theory that an employer can be sued for the negligent acts of its employees.






30. A suspicion based on specific facts; less than probable cause.






31. 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.






32. Courts that determine the facts and apply the law to the facts.






33. Questions relating to the interpretation or application of the law.






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






35. A court order requiring a party to perform a specific act or to cease doing a specific act.






36. A summary of one legal point in a court opinion; written by the editors at West.






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






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






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






40. The questioning of an opposing witness.






41. The power of the federal courts to hear matters of state law if the opposing parties are from different states and the amounts in controversy exceeds $75 -000.00






42. A bank account used to hold money belonging to the client or to a third party.






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






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






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






46. A rule of evidence that prevents an attorney or a paralegal from being compelled to testify about confidential client information.






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






48. To perform.






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






50. Any tangible object - like a bloody glove.







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