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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A national association of paralegal managers.






2. An assumption that something that is not real is real-for example - saying that a corporation is a person for purposes of its being able to sue and be sued.






3. A lawsuit brought by a person as a representative for a group of people who have been similarly injured.






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






5. Law that creates rights and duties.






6. A set of ethical rules developed by the American Bar Association in the 1980s. The Model rules have been adopted by most of the states.






7. 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.






8. Money or something else of value that is held by the government to ensure the defendant's appearance in court.






9. The failure to act reasonably under the circumstances.






10. The questioning of your own witness.






11. An agreement supported by consideration.






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






13. A right to use property owned by another for a limited purpose.






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






15. The power of the federal government to prevent the states from passing conflicting laws - and sometimes even to prohibit states from passing any laws on a particular subject.






16. Part of the Model Penal Code; a test that provides that the defendant is not guilty due to insanity if - at the time of the killing - the defendant lacked either the ability to understand that the act was wrong or the ability to control the behavior.






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






18. The process of finding the law.






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






20. The rule that in order to claim self-defense there must have been no possibility of retreat.






21. Court decisions from an equal or a lower court from the same jurisidiction or from a higher court in a different jurisdiction; also includes secondary authority.






22. 'The thing speaks for itself'; the doctrine that suggest negligence can be presumed if an event happens that would not ordinarily happen unless someone was negligent.






23. An intentional tort that covers a variety of situations - including disclosure - intrusion - appropriation - and false light.






24. An intentional act that creates a reasonable apprehension of an immediate harmful or offensive physical contact.






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






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






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






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






29. An examination of a prospective juror to see if he or she is fit to serve as a juror on a specific case.






30. A computer search that identifies every place in which the search term appears in the actual text of the document being searched.






31. Land and objects permanently attached to land.






32. Establishes a direct link to the event that must be proven.






33. Ownership by two or more persons who have equal rights in the use of the property. When a joint tenant dies - that person's share passes to the other joint tenant(s).






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






35. Techniques for resolving conflicts that are alternatives to full-scale litigation. The two most common are arbitration and mediation.






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






37. 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.






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






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






40. A request that the court release the defendant because of the illegality of the incarceration.






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






46. Law that regulates how the legal system operates.






47. Specific questions that usually demand very short or yes-no answers.






48. Bad intent.






49. A notice informing the defendant of the lawsuit and requiring the defendant to respond or risk losing the suit.






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