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Paralegal 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A witness who has not been shown to have any special expertise.






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






3. A national association of paralegal associations.






4. A court's prior permission for the police to search and seize.






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






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






7. A set of standardized jury instructions.






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






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






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






11. The publication of false statements that harm a person's reputation.






12. Negligence by the plaintiff that contributed to his or her injury. Normally - it is a complete bar to the plaintiff's recovery.






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






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






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






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






17. The papers that begin a lawsuit-generally - the complaint and the answer.






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






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






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






21. A constitutional protection against being tried twice for the same crime.






22. Liability without having to prove fault.






23. Evidence that suggests the defendant's innocence.






24. A person who initiates an appeal.






25. A system of government in which the authority to govern is split between a single - nationwide central government and several regional governments that control specific geographical areas.






26. Law that deals with harm to an individual.






27. 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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28. The standard of proof used in some civil trials. The evidence presented must be greater than a preponderance of the evidence but less than beyond a reasonable doubt.






29. Courts that determine whether lower courts have made errors of law.






30. A warrant that allows the police to enter without announcing their presence in advance.






31. Law that creates rights and duties.






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






33. Any tangible object - like a bloody glove.






34. A pamphlet inserted into the back of a book containing information new since the volume was published.






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






36. The heading section of a pleading that contains the names of the parties - the name of the court - the title of the action - the docket or file number - and the name of the pleading.






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






38. Generally accepted legal principles.






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






40. A decision is overruled when a court in a later case changes the law so that its prior decision is no longer good law.






41. An authoritative secondary source - written by a group of legal scholars - summarizing the existing common law - as well as suggesting what the law should be.






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






43. Someone who has the power to act in the place of another.






44. 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.






45. The process of organizing statutes by subject matter.






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






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






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






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






50. The power of the federal courts to hear matters of federal law.