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






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






3. A court's power to review statutes to decide if they conform to the federal or a state constitution.






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






5. Rules and regulations created by administrative agencies.






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






7. 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.






8. An agreement supported by consideration.






9. A document that lists statements regarding specific items for the other party to admit or deny.






10. 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.






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






12. 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.






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






14. When an appellate court that normally sits in panels sits as a whole.






15. When a judge formally recognizes something as being a fact without requiring the attorneys prove it through the introduction of other evidence.






16. Something of value exchanged to form the basis of a contract.






17. Evidence that is derived from an illegal search or interrogation is inadmissible.






18. The right of the police to detain an individual for a brief period of time and to search the outside of the person's clothing if the police have a reasonable suspicion that the individual has committed or is about to commit crime.






19. Evidence that supports previous testimony but that comes in a different form.






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






21. Books that contain appellate court decisions. There are both official and unofficial reporters.






22. 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.






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






24. Proof that the evidence is what it is said to be.






25. 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.






26. A court where a permanent record is kept of the testimony - lawyers' remarks - and judges' rulings.






27. What the prosecution or plaintiff must be able to prove in order for the case to go to the jury-that is - the elements of the prosecution's case or the plaintiff's cause of action.






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






29. A decision is reversed when the litigants appeal the trial court decision and the higher court disagrees with the decision of a lower court.






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






31. The failure to act reasonably under the circumstances.






32. Law that creates rights and duties.






33. A person who permits or directs another person to act on the principal's behalf.






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






35. 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.






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






37. A decision is affirmed when the litigants appeal the trial court decision and the higher court agrees with what the lower court has done.






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






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






40. The person who is being asked questions at a deposition.






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






42. The judge informs the jurors of the law they need to know to make their decision.






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






44. Computer codes that - when clicked on with a mouse - connect the user to other web pages with related information






45. Negligence by the plaintiff that contributed to his or her injury. Normally - any finding of contributory negligence acts as a complete bar to a plaintiff's recovery.






46. Voluntarily and knowingly subjecting oneself to danger.






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






48. Governmental publication of court opinions.






49. Not susceptible to a precise definition; a belief based on specific facts that a crime has been or is about to be committed; more than a reasonable suspicion.






50. The questioning of an opposing witness.