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Paralegal 101

Subject : law
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1. An opinion that agrees with the majority's result but disagrees with the reasoning.






2. A defendant's plea meaning that the defendant neither admits nor denies the charges.






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






4. 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.






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






6. 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.






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






8. 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.






9. 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.






10. A request that the court find the plaintiff has failed to state a valid claim and dismiss the complaint.






11. 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.






12. Information about the law - such as that contained in encyclopedias and law review articles.






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. In a lawsuit the person who is sued; in a criminal case the person who is being charged with a crime.






18. The number of hours - or parts of an hour - that can be charged to a specific client.






19. 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.






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






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






22. Law that deals with harm to a person or a person's property.






23. The party in a case against whom an appeal has been filed.






24. A method for interpreting statutes in which the ordinary meaning of the statute's language is examined.






25. Something of value exchanged to form the basis of a contract.






26. A person appointed by the court to manage the affairs or property of a person who is incompetent due to age or some other reason.






27. 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.






28. Information about what happened procedurally to the cited case before it was heard by the cited court. Do not include this information in a citation.






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






30. A request made to the court.






31. Liability without having to prove fault.






32. A court where a permanent record is kept of the testimony - lawyers' remarks - and judges' rulings.






33. Specific questions that usually demand very short or yes-no answers.






34. Law that deals with harm to an individual.






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






36. The heading section of a pleading that contains the names of the parties - the name of the court - the title of the action - the docket or file number - and the name of the pleading.






37. Court decisions from an equal or a lower court from the same jurisidiction or from a higher court in a different jurisdiction; also includes secondary authority.






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






39. A computerized database that contains key information about the content of documents - such as medical records.






40. Occurs whenever one person - through force or the threat of force - unlawfully detains another person against his or her will.






41. Negligence by the plaintiff that contributed to his or her injury. Normally - any finding of contributory negligence acts as a complete bar to a plaintiff's recovery.






42. Law that regulates how the legal system operates.






43. An advance or down payment that is given to engage the services of an attorney.






44. 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.






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






46. Occurs when the police restrain a person's freedom and charge the person with a crime.






47. An agreement supported by consideration.






48. Evidence that suggests the defendant's innocence.






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






50. A court order requiring a person to appear to testify at a trial or deposition.







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