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






2. A test that provides that the defendant is not guity due to insanity if - at the time of the killing the defendant could not control his or her actions.






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






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






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






6. A form in which statutes are published; they are printed individually at the time they are first enacted.






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






8. A request made to the court.






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






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






11. Any tangible object - like a bloody glove.






12. 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.






13. Federal and state rules that regulate how criminal proceedings are conducted.






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






15. In logic - an argument is considered to be valid or sound if the assumption underlying the argument are true.






16. The rules whereby all members of a law firm are treated as though they had represented the former client.






17. A contract that outlines the attorney's duties and the client's obligations regarding payment - on either an hourly or a contingency fee basis - as well as the client's responsibility reagarding costs and expenses.






18. Without the need for a warrant - the police may seize objects that are openly visible.






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






20. A fee calculated as a percentage of the settlement or award in the case.






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






22. Being informed of some act done or about to be done.






23. In deductive reasoning - the statement of a broad proposition that forms the starting point; in law - the statement of a legal rule that you can find in a statute or court opinion.






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






25. Violation of a statute as proof of negligence






26. Written questions sent by one side to the opposing side - answered under oath.






27. A canon of construction meaning 'of the same class.:






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






29. Monetary compensation - including compensatory - punitive - and nominal damages.






30. A question that suggests the answer; generally - leading questions may not be asked during direct examination of a witness.






31. An affidavit signed by the client indicating that he or she has read the complaint and that its contents are correct.






32. The failure of an attorney to act reasonably.






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






34. Someone in court testifying to what someone said out of court for the purpose of establishing the truth of what was said.






35. Federal and state rules that govern the admissibility of evidence in court.






36. An advance or down payment that is given to engage the services of an attorney.






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






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






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






40. Representing someone who is in a position adverse to a prior client.






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






42. A worldwide network of computer networks.






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






44. An approach whereby the courts give a statute a narrow interpretation.






45. The delivery of a pleading or other paper in a lawsuit to the opposing party.






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






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






48. Broad questions that put few limits on the freedom of the respondent.






49. The requirement that relief be sought from an administrative agency before proceeding to court.






50. An intentional act that creates a harmful or offensive physical contact.