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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. Monetary compensation - including compensatory - punitive - and nominal damages.






2. Generally someone operating within the law - representing persons before administrtive agencies that permit this practice.






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






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






5. Evidence that supports previous testimony but that comes in a different form.






6. Once actual cause is found - as a policy matter - the court must also find that the act and the resulting harm were so foreseeably related as to justify a finding of liability.






7. A set of standardized jury instructions.






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






9. 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.






10. A request that the court order a rehearing of a lawsuit because irregularities - such as errors of the court or jury misconduct - make it probable that an impartial trial do not occur.






11. Cases that involve different facts and/or rules of law.






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






13. A worldwide network of computer networks.






14. A statement of the court's decision in which the facts are either omitted or given in very general terms so that it will apply to a wider range of cases.






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






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






17. When the law is applied to the client's facts and the result is not obvious - an issue is created.






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. Relates to the ability of a witness to testify; generally - the witness must be capable of being understood by the jury; must understand the duty to tell the truth; and if a lay witness - must give testimony based on personal knowledge.






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






24. The failure to act reasonably under the circumstances.






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






26. A reason for invalidating a statute where it covers both protected and criminal activity.






27. A national association of paralegal managers.






28. In a complaint - one cause of action.






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






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






31. Money or something else of value that is held by the government to ensure the defendant's appearance in court.






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






33. Evidence that suggests the defendant's guilt.






34. The highest federal appellate court - consisting of nine appointed members.






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. Money awarded to a plaintiff in cases of intentional torts in order to punish the defendant and serve as a warning to others.






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






38. An intentional act that creates a harmful or offensive physical contact.






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






40. 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.






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






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






43. A contract that outlines the attorney's duties and the client's obligations regarding payment - on either an hourly or a contingency fee basis - as well as the client's responsibility reagarding costs and expenses.






44. A national paralegal association.






45. 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.






46. A fee based on how many hours attorneys or paralegals spend on the case. Different hourly rates are often charged for different attorneys and paralegals within the firm - based on their seniority and experience.






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






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


49. An assumption that something that is not real is real-for example - saying that a corporation is a person for purposes of its being able to sue and be sued.






50. When a higher court agrees with what lower court has done.