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Paralegal 101
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1. 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.
Minor premise
Direct examination
Evidence
Writ of certiorari
2. The application of legal rules to a client's specific factual situation; also known as legal analysis.
Digest
Legal Reasoning
Pretrial conference
Legal Research
3. 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.
Cross-examination
Defamation
Major premise
Codification
4. A request that the court release the defendant because of the illegality of the incarceration.
Writ of habeas corpus
Comparative negligence
Adverse possession
Bailment
5. The requirement that relief be sought from an administrative agency before proceeding to court.
Grand jury
Exhaustion of administrative remedies
Assumption of the risk
Easement
6. A trial conducted without a jury.
Assumption of the risk
Analogous cases
Unauthorized practice of law
Bench trial
7. The judge informs the jurors of the law they need to know to make their decision.
Charging the jury
Unauthorized practice of law
Fixed Fee
Entrapment
8. Something of value exchanged to form the basis of a contract.
Comparative negligence
Consideration
Dismissal with prejudice
Rule
9. A document that lists statements regarding specific items for the other party to admit or deny.
Request for admissions
Clear and convincing
Exhaustion of administrative remedies
Personal property
10. A statutory citation is a formalized method for referring to a statute's chapter (or title) and section numbers.
Intellectual Property
Retainer
Products liability
Citation
11. A worldwide network of computer networks.
Harmless error
Strict liability
Internet
Statutes at large or session laws
12. Land and objects permanently attached to land.
Actual cause
Real property
Appellee or respondent
Rule
13. In a case brief - the court's answer to the issue presented to it; the new legal principle established by a court opinion.
Judgment proof
Holding
Legal Research
Diversity jurisdiction
14. Law that creates rights and duties.
Interrogatories
Substantive law
Questions of law
Dictum
15. Information about what happened procedurally to the litigation after the case cited. Include this information in a citation.
Subsequent case history
Actus rea
Competency
Deposition
16. Evidence that suggests the defendant's guilt.
Shepardizing
Minimum contacts
Reverse
Inculpatory evidence
17. A defendant's personal promise to appear in court.
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
Res ipsa loquitur
Comparative negligence
Personal recognizance bond
18. Law that deals with harm to an individual.
Civil law
Appellee or respondent
Negligence per se
Rules of evidence
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.
Contributory negligence
Legal Research
Remand
Statute of limitations
20. A statute enacted to correct a defect in prior law or to provide a remedy where none existed.
Holding
Prior case history
Remedial statute
Legislative intent
21. The law itself - such as statutes and court opinions.
Primary authority
Lay witness
Common law
Comparative negligence
22. The modern pretrial procedure by which one party gains information from the adverse party.
Default judgment
Discovery
Summary jury trials
Subsequent case history
23. The reference to a particular page within an opinion.
Road Map paragraph
Legal Research
Laws
Pinpoint cite
24. An ADR mechanism whereby the parties submit their disagreement to a third party - whose decision is binding.
Doctrine of implied powers
Appellate courts
Prima facie case
Arbitration
25. The ethical rule prohibiting attorneys and paralegals from disclosing information regarding a client or a client's case.
Legal malpractice
Holding
Bench trial
Confidentiality
26. A claim by the defendant against the plaintiff.
Issue
Counterclaim
Bench trial
Major premise
27. Affiliated with the federal government's Legal Services Corporation - these offices serve those who would otherwise be unable to afford legal assistance.
Arbitration
Insanity defense
Legal services offices
Valid
28. In a case brief - the general legal principle in existence before the case began.
Personal jurisdiction
Primary authority
On all fours
Rule
29. 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
Cross-claim
Rule 56 motion (summary judgment motion)
Stare decisis
Freelance Paralegal
30. A court order that ends a lawsuit; the suit cannot be refiled by the same parties.
Dismissal with prejudice
Respondeat superior
Substantial capacity test
Headnote
31. Generally accepted legal principles.
Motion for a new trial
Bailment
Black-letter law
Deponent
32. Rules of conduct promulgated and enforced by the government.
Legal writing
Laws
Slip laws
Punitive damages
33. A defense requiring proof that force or a threat of force was used to cause a person to commit a criminal act.
Appellate courts
Citing case
Duress
Successive conflict of interest
34. Without the need for a warrant - the police may seize objects that are openly visible.
Lay a foundation
Stop and frisk
Evidence
Plain view doctrine
35. A request made to the court.
Motion
Punitive damages
Principle
Retainer
36. A situation in which a conflict of interest may arise in the future--for example - representing business partners.
Potential conflict
Constitutional law
Certificated
Restrictive covenant
37. In deductive reasoning - the second proposition - which along with the major premise leads to the conclusion; in law - the minor premise consists of the client's facts.
Irresistible impulse test
Dictum
Minor premise
Rules of criminal procedure
38. In a case brief - facts that relate to what happened procedurally in the lower courts or administrative agencies before the case reached the court issuing the opinion.
Registration
Procedural facts
Judicial activism
Legal fiction
39. A method for measuring the relative negligence of the plaintiff and the defendant - with a commensurate sharing of the compensation for the injuries.
Agent
Comparative negligence
Defamation
Stare decisis
40. Information about what happened procedurally to the litigation after the case cited. Include this information in a citation. There is no entry for the topic Husband and Wife.
Certified
Implied warranty of habitability
Fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine
Subsequent case history
41. A requirement that a party fulfill his or her contractual obligations.
Reversible error
Self-defense
Specific performance
Hypertext links
42. A test that provides that the defendant is not guilty due to insanity if - at the time of the killing - the defendant suffered from a defect or disease of the mind and could not understand whether the act was right or wrong.
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43. Powers not stated in the Constitution but that are necessary for Congress to carry out other - expressly granted powers.
Doctrine of implied powers
Administrative law
Class action suit
Adverse possession
44. Indirect evidence - used to prove facts by implication.
Necessity
Plaintiff
Regulation
Circumstantial evidence
45. A case listed in Shepard's that cites your case.
Writ of habeas corpus
Questions of fact
Citing case
Writ of certiorari
46. Questions that suggest the answer.
Unauthorized practice of law
Official reporter
Leading questions
Reasonable suspicion
47. Money or something else of value that is held by the government to ensure the defendant's appearance in court.
Bail
Interrogatories
Overrule
Negligence per se
48. An intentional tort that covers a variety of situations - including disclosure - intrusion - appropriation - and false light.
Invasion of Privacy
Judgment proof
Criminal law
Reverse
49. A canon of construction meaning 'of the same class.:
Quiet enjoyment
Pinpoint cite
Cross-claim
Ejusdem generis
50. The educated ability to apply law to specific facts.
Professional judgment
Issue
Reverse
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