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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. A requirement that a party fulfill his or her contractual obligations.






2. A statute establishing and setting out the powers of an administrative agency.






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






4. The revocation of an attorney's license.






5. Rules and regulations created by administrative agencies.






6. The pleading that begins a lawsuit.






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






8. Broad questions that put few limits on the freedom of the respondent.






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






10. A temporary transfer of personal property to someone other than the owner for a specified purpose.






11. 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






12. Either a subcategory of relevancy or simply another word for relevancy - the requirement that the evidence be more probative than prejudicial.






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






14. A person who initiates an appeal.






15. An introductory paragraph listing issues to be discussed in the order they are to be discussed.






16. Consists of the description of events that a witness testifies to under oath in a legal proceeding.






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






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






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






20. A request made to the court.






21. The party in a case who has initiated an appeal.






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






23. 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.






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






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






26. Someone in court testifying to what someone said out of court for the purpose of establishing the truth of what was said.






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






28. 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.






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






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






31. Court decisions from a higher court in the same jurisdiction.






32. The rule requiring that the original document be produced at trial.






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






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






35. A trial conducted without a jury.






36. A judicial philosophy that supports a limited role for the judiciary in changing the law - including deference to the legislative branch.






37. An issue that the court has never faced before.






38. A court's prior permission for the police to search and seize.






39. The publication of false statements that harm a person's reputation.






40. A request that the court order that certain information not be mentioned in the presence of the jury.






41. The chronological publication of statutes at the end of a legislative session.






42. 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.






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






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






45. A judgment entered against a party who fails to complete a required step - such as answering the complaint.






46. The process of finding the law.






47. Fairness; a court's power to do justice. Equity powers allow judges to take action when otherwise the law would limit their decisions to monetary awards. Equity powers include a judge's ability to issue an injunction and to order specific performance






48. A national association of paralegal associations.






49. Ownership by two or more people. Ownership shares do not have to be equal - but each has an undivided interest in the property. When a tenant in common dies - that person's share passes either by will or by intestate statute.






50. 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.