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Paralegal 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A method for measuring the relative negligence of the plaintiff and the defendant - with a commensurate sharing of the compensation for the injuries.






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






3. Private publication of court opinions-for example - the regional reporters - such as N.E.2d - published by West.






4. Questions that suggest the answer.






5. The failure of an attorney to act reasonably.






6. A worldwide network of computer networks.






7. An online legal database containing court decisions and statutes from the entire country. While its coverage of other legal mateirals is not as extensive as that of Westlaw and Lexis - it is also less expensive.






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






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






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






11. 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.






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






13. The ethical rule prohibiting attorneys and paralegals from disclosing information regarding a client or a client's case.






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






15. The authority of a court to hear a case when it is initiated - as opposed to appellate jurisdiction.






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






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






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






19. A judgment that reverses the verdict of the jury when the verdict had no reasonable factual support or was contrary to law.






20. 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.






21. A method for measuring the relative negligence of the plaintiff and the defendant - with a commensurate sharing of the compensation for the injuries.






22. A defense whereby the defendant offers new evidence to avoid judgment.






23. An agreement supported by consideration.






24. In a case brief - the general legal principle in existence before the case began.






25. A term used to describe a case that is similar to another case.






26. The final paragraph in a written legal analysis that summarizes the writer's conclusions.






27. Bad act.






28. A set of standardized jury instructions.






29. When a person must be brought into a lawsuit as either a plaintiff or a defendant.






30. A privately published statutory code that includes editorial features - such as summaries of court opinions that have interpreted the statutes.






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






32. Someone who has the power to act in the place of another.






33. A court opinion that establishes new law in an important area.






34. Cases that involve similar facts and rules of law.






35. 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.






36. A test that provides that the defendant is not guilty due to insanity if - at the time of the killing - the defendant suffered from a defect or disease of the mind and could not understand whether the act was right or wrong.

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37. The requirement that defendants be notified of their rights to remain silent and to have an attorney present prior to being questioned by the police.






38. Attorney compensation as a percentage of the amount recovered rather than a flat amount of money or an hourly fee.






39. 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.






40. A group of people - usually 23 - whose function is to determine if probable cause exists to believe that a crime has been committed and that the defendant committed it.






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






42. 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.






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






44. Liability without a showing of fault.






45. When an appellate court sends a case back to the trial court for a new trial or other action.






46. The law that sets the length of time from when something happens to when a lawsuit must be filed before the right to bring it is lost.






47. The standard of proof used in criminal trials. The evidence represented must be so conclusive and complete that all reasonable doubts regarding the facts are removed from the jurors' minds.






48. Money is awarded to a plaintiff in payment for his or her actual losses.






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






50. The questioning of an opposing witness.