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






2. When the defendant does not have sufficient money or other assets to pay the judgment.






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






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






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






6. The general jurisdiction trial courts in the federal system.






7. A compilation of federal administrative regulations arranged by agency.






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






9. A case listed in Shepard's that cites your case.






10. A process whereby the prosecutor and the defendant's attorney agree for the defendant to plead guilty in exchange for the prosecutor's promise to charge him or her with a lesser offense - drop some additional charges - or request a lesser sentence.






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






12. The modern pretrial procedure by which one party gains information from the adverse party.






13. An error made by the trial judge sufficiently serious to warrant reversing the trial court's decision.






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






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






16. The process after arrest that includes taking the defendant's personal information - giving the defendant an opportunity to read and sign a Miranda card - and allowing the defendant the opportunity to use a telephone.






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






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






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






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






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






22. Generally accepted legal principles.






23. A requirement that property be fit for the purpose for which it is being rented. Owners are required to repair and maintain the premises at certain minimum levels.






24. The failure to act reasonably under the circumstances.






25. A worldwide network of computer networks.






26. Any tangible object - like a bloody glove.






27. An act by a landlord that makes the premises unfit or unsuitable for occupancy.






28. A provision that purports to waive liability.






29. Evidence that suggests the defendant's guilt.






30. Law that deals with harm to society as a whole.






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






32. 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.






33. The tenant's right to be free from interference from the landlord with respect to how the property is used.






34. 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.






35. A nonlawyer who provides legal services directly to the public without being under the supervision of an attorney. Absent a statute allowing this activity - it constitutes the unauthorized practice of law.






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






37. All property that is not real property.






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






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






40. 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.






41. A motion brought before the beginning of a trial either to eliminate the necessity for a trial or to limit the information that can be heard at the trial.






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






43. A person who assists an attorney and - working under the attorney's supervision - does tasks that - absent the paralegal - the attorney would do. A paralegal cannot give advice or appear in court.






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






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






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






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






48. When the product was not being used for its intended purpose or was being used in a dangerous manner; it is a defense to a products liability claim so long as the misuse was not foreseeable.






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






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