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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. The tort theory that an employer can be sued for the negligent acts of its employees.






2. Indirect evidence - used to prove facts by implication.






3. The power of a court to hear a case.






4. A compilation of federal or state statutes in which the statutes are organized by subject matter rather than by year of enactment.






5. A national association of paralegal associations.






6. The intermediate appellate courts in the federal system.






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






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






9. Simultaneously representing adverse clients.






10. A professional entity in which the stockholders share in the organization's profits but have their liabilities limited to the amount of their investment.






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






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






13. The questioning of your own witness.






14. A repeat offender; one who continues to commit more crimes.






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






16. Evidence that suggests the defendant's guilt.






17. A trial court error that is not sufficient to warrant reversing the decision.






18. Evidence that suggests the defendant's innocence.






19. A provision in a deed that prohibits specified uses of the property.






20. The power of the federal courts to hear matters of state law if the opposing parties are from different states and the amounts in controversy exceeds $75 -000.00






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






22. An approach whereby the courts give a statute a broad interpretation.






23. The defense's request that the court find the prosecution failed to meet its burden and that it remove the case from the jury by finding the defendant not guilty.






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






25. The process of signaling that you are really listening - accomplished by using verbal and nonverbal clues - paraphrasing - and reflecting the client's feelings.






26. A request that the court grant judgment in favor of the moving party because there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. It is similar to a 12(b)(6) motion except that the court a






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






28. Questions relating to what happened: who - what - when - where - and how.






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






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






31. The pretrial oral questioning of a witness under oath.






32. A national association of paralegal managers.






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






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






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






36. Information about what happened procedurally to the litigation after the case cited. Include this information in a citation. There is no entry for the topic Husband and Wife.






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






38. A court's power to hear any type of case arising within its geographical area.






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






40. A defense requiring proof that the defendant was forced to take an action to avoid a greater harm.






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






42. In a case brief - facts that relate to what happened procedurally in the lower courts or administrative agencies before the case reached the court issuing the opinion.






43. Courts that determine the facts and apply the law to the facts.






44. A request that the court prohibit the use of certain evidence at the trial.






45. A request that the court order a rehearing of a lawsuit because irregularities - such as errors of the court or jury misconduct - make it probable that an impartial trial do not occur.






46. Voluntarily and knowingly subjecting oneself to danger.






47. A book that contains court opinion headnotes arranged by subject matter.






48. Bad intent.






49. Generally - an emergency situation that allows a search to proceed without a warrant.






50. An authoritative secondary source - written by a group of legal scholars - summarizing the existing common law - as well as suggesting what the law should be.