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Paralegal 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The law itself - such as statutes and court opinions.






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






3. The papers that begin a lawsuit-generally - the complaint and the answer.






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






5. A set of ethical rules developed by the American Bar Association in the 1980s. The Model rules have been adopted by most of the states.






6. An ADR mechanism whereby the parties submit their disagreement to a third party - whose decision is binding.






7. Rules of conduct promulgated and enforced by the government.






8. Not factually true - but accepted by the courts as being legally true.






9. The power of a court to force a person to appear before it.






10. Being the victem of repeated attacks - self-defense is sometimes allowed to the victim - even when the victim is not in immediate danger.

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






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






13. A term used to describe two cases that are almost identical - with similar facts and legal issues.






14. A public or private statement that an attorney's conduct violated the code of ethics.






15. The standard of proof used in some civil trials. The evidence presented must be greater than a preponderance of the evidence but less than beyond a reasonable doubt.






16. The process by which individuals or organizations have their names placed on an official list kept by some private organization or governmental agency.






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






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






19. 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.






20. The theory holding manufacturers and sellers liable for defective products when the defects make the products unreasonably dangerous.






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






22. A court order authorizing a sheriff to take property in order to enforce a judgment.






23. Questions relating to the interpretation or application of the law.






24. Governmental publication of court opinions.






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






26. A means of gaining appellate review; in the U.S. Supreme Court the writ is discretionary and will be issued to another court to review a federal question if four of the nine justices vote to hear the case.






27. Liability without having to prove fault.






28. A claim that based on the law and the facts is sufficient to support a lawsuit. If the plaintiff does not state a valid cause of action in the complaint - the court will dismiss it.






29. A set charge for a specific service - such as drafting a simple will.






30. The application of legal rules to a client's specific factual situation; also known as legal analysis.






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






32. 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.






33. A person who initiates a lawsuit.






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






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






36. A business run by two or more persons as co-owners.






37. Information that tells the reader the name of the case - where it can be located - the court that decided it - and the year it was decided. The Bluebook gives precise rules as to how case citations are to be written.






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






39. The result reached in a particular case.






40. A national organization of paralegal programs that promotes high standards for paralegal education.






41. Disregarding a substantial and unjustifiable risk that harm will result.






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






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






44. Ownership by two or more persons who have equal rights in the use of the property. When a joint tenant dies - that person's share passes to the other joint tenant(s).






45. The decision of the court regarding the claims of each side. It may be based on a jury's verdict.






46. Any tangible object - like a bloody glove.






47. Located in most codified statutes - this table lists statutes by their popular names along with their citations.






48. A decision is overruled when a court in a later case changes the law so that its prior decision is no longer good law.






49. Evidence that suggests the defendant's innocence.






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