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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. Law dealing with ownership.






2. The background documents created during the process of a bill becoming a statute. These documents can include alternative versions of the legislation - proceedings of committee hearings and reports - and transcripts of floor debates.






3. A system developed to shield an attorney or a paralegal from a case that otherwise would create a conflict of interest.






4. A question that suggests the answer; generally - leading questions may not be asked during direct examination of a witness.






5. The rule that in order to claim self-defense there must have been no possibility of retreat.






6. Land and objects permanently attached to land.






7. A court's power to review statutes to decide if they conform to the federal or a state constitution.






8. Generally accepted legal principles.






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






10. 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.






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






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






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






14. An attorney's written argument presented to an appeals court - setting forth a statement of the law as it should be applied to the client's facts.






15. 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.






16. 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.






17. A form of logical reasoning based on a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion.






18. The failure to act reasonably under the circumstances.






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






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






21. A judicial philosophy that supports an active role for the judiciary in changing the law.






22. The power of the federal courts to hear matters of federal law.






23. Consists of records - contracts - leases - wills - and other written instruments.






24. A law promulgated by an administrative agency.






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






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






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






28. In writing - a technique used to help your reader move from one thought to the next and to see the connections between them.






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






34. 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.






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






36. An opinion that disagrees with the majority's decision and its reasoning.






37. A national association of paralegal associations.






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






39. All property that is not real property.






40. Evidence that suggests the defendant's guilt.






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






42. A pamphlet inserted into the back of a book containing information new since the volume was published.






43. 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.






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






45. The purpose of the legislature at the time it enacted the statute.






46. A national association of paralegal managers.






47. Governmental publication of court opinions.






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






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






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