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Paralegal 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Written questions sent by one side to the opposing side - answered under oath.






2. A method for excusing a prospective juror based on the juror's inability to serve in an unbiased manner.






3. An attorney's written argument presented to an appeals court - setting forth a statement of the law as it should be applied to the client's facts.






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






5. Also known as real estate; land and items growing on or permanently attached to that land.






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






7. A method adopted by the federal rules in which the plaintiff simply informs the defendant of the claim and the general basis for it.






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






9. The party in a case who has initiated an appeal.






10. The requirement that defendants be notified of their rights to remain silent and to have an attorney present prior to being questioned by the police.






11. Attorney compensation as a percentage of the amount recovered rather than a flat amount of money or an hourly fee.






12. General principles that guide the courts in their interpretation of statutes.






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






14. The failure to act reasonably under the circumstances.






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






16. Cases that involve similar facts and rules of law.






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






18. A request made to the court.






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






20. 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.






21. Once actual cause is found - as a policy matter - the court must also find that the act and the resulting harm were so foreseeably related as to justify a finding of liability.






22. 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.






23. Evidence that does not add any new information but that confirms facts that already have been established.






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






25. 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.






26. The status of having received a certificate documenting that the person has successfully completed an educational program.






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






28. Law that deals with harm to an individual.






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






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






31. A computer program that allows the user to retrieve web documents that match the key words entered by the searcher.






32. 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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33. In law - a per curium decision (or opinion) is a ruling issued by an appellate court of multiple judges in which the decision rendered is made by the court (or at least a majoirty of the court) acting collectively and anonymously.






34. A term used to describe two cases that are almost identical - with similar facts and legal issues.






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






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






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






38. A person appointed by the court to manage the affairs or property of a person who is incompetent due to age or some other reason.






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






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






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






42. A set charge for a specific service - such as drafting a simple will.






43. The requirement in a legal malpractice case that the plaintiff-client prove that but for the attorney's negligence - the client would have won.






44. Consists of records - contracts - leases - wills - and other written instruments.






45. 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.






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






47. Information that can be presented in a court of law as proof of some fact.






48. A summary of a court opinion that appears at the beginning of the case.






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






50. 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.