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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. Bad act.






2. An online legal database containing court decisions and statutes from the entire country - as well as secondary authority; a competitor to Westlaw.






3. Used to describe legislation that changes the common law.






4. The questioning of an opposing witness.






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






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






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






8. Bad intent.






9. A court order that ends a lawsuit; the suit cannot be refiled by the same parties.






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






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






12. A statement of the court's decision that contains many of the case's specific facts - thereby limiting its future applicability to a narrow range of cases.






13. 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.






14. Questions relating to the interpretation or application of the law.






15. A defense requiring proof that the defendant was not mentally responsible.






16. A claim by the defendant against the plaintiff.






17. A claim by one defendant against another defendant or by one plaintiff against another plaintiff.






18. In logic - an argument is considered to be valid or sound if the assumption underlying the argument are true.






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






20. The decision of the court regarding the claims of each side. It may be based on a jury's verdict.






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






22. A suspicion based on specific facts; less than probable cause.






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






24. The failure to act reasonably under the circumstances.






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






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






27. A statutory citation is a formalized method for referring to a statute's chapter (or title) and section numbers.






28. The modern pretrial procedure by which one party gains information from the adverse party.






29. 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.






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






31. The doctrine stating that normally once a court has decided one way on a particular issue - it and other courts in the same jurisdiction will decide the same way on that issue in future cases given similar facts unless they can be convinced of the ne






32. A person who permits or directs another person to act on the principal's behalf.






33. When nonlawyers do things that only lawyers are allowed to do. In most states this is a crime.






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






35. A court opinion that establishes new law in an important area.






36. To perform.






37. When an appellate court sends a case back to the trial court for a new trial or other action.






38. 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.






39. 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.






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






41. A calendering system that records key dates and important deadlines.






42. Disregarding a substantial and unjustifiable risk that harm will result.






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






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






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






46. Evidence that suggests the defendant's innocence.






47. A claim by a defendant against someone in addition to the persons the plaintiff has already sued.






48. A tangible object or a right or ownership interest.






49. A constitutional protection against being tried twice for the same crime.






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