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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 principle that courts cannot decide abstract issues or render advisory opinions; rather - they are limited to deciding cases that involve litigants who are personally affected by the court's decision.






2. Generally accepted legal principles.






3. The way in which a question of fact is established. Evidence can consist of witness testimony or documents and exhibits. It is the proof presented at a trial.






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






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






6. A method adopted by the federal rules in which the plaintiff simply informs the defendant of the claim and the general basis for it.






7. Examples of legal writing include case briefs - law office memoranda - and documents filed with the court.






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






9. Not susceptible to a precise definition; a belief based on specific facts that a crime has been or is about to be committed; more than a reasonable suspicion.






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






11. A court order requiring a party to perform a specific act or to cease doing a specific act.






12. A computer program that allows the user to retrieve web documents that match the key words entered by the searcher.






13. The process of legislative enactment of areas of the law previously governed solely by the common law.






14. 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






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






16. Law dealing with ownership.






17. A grand jury's written accusation that a given individual has committed a crime.






18. Rules and regulations created by administrative agencies.






19. Liability without a showing of fault.






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






21. All property that is not real property.






22. The result reached in a particular case.






23. 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.






24. A summary of one legal point in a court opinion; written by the editors at West.






25. Also known as cause in fact - this is measured by the 'but for' standard: But for the defendant's actions - the plaintiff would not have been injured.






26. When a judge formally recognizes something as being a fact without requiring the attorneys prove it through the introduction of other evidence.






27. A summary of a court opinion that appears at the beginning of the case.






28. 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.






29. The right of the police to detain an individual for a brief period of time and to search the outside of the person's clothing if the police have a reasonable suspicion that the individual has committed or is about to commit crime.






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






31. 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.






32. Bad act.






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






34. Affiliated with the federal government's Legal Services Corporation - these offices serve those who would otherwise be unable to afford legal assistance.






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






36. Violation of a statute as proof of negligence






37. A transfer of real property rights that occurs after someone other than the owner has had actual - open - adverse - and exclusive use of the property for a statutorily determined number of years.






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






39. The process of finding the law.






40. A document that lists statements regarding specific items for the other party to admit or deny.






41. A token sum awarded when liability has been found but monetary damages cannot be shown.






42. A provision that purports to waive liability.






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






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






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






46. A bank account used to hold money belonging to the client or to a third party.






47. A statute that changes the common law.






48. A court's power to hear only specialized cases.






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






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.