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Paralegal 101

Subject : law
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1. To perform.






2. 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.






3. 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.






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






5. The tenant's right to be free from interference from the landlord with respect to how the property is used.






6. A person who initiates an appeal.






7. Determined by whether the evidence leads one to logically conclude that an asserted fact is either more or less probable.






8. A motion brought before the beginning of a trial either to eliminate the necessity for a trial or to limit the information that can be heard at the trial.






9. A term used to describe two cases that are almost identical - with similar facts and legal issues.






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






11. A compilation of federal administrative regulations arranged by agency.






12. A defense requiring proof that force or a threat of force was used to cause a person to commit a criminal act.






13. A paralegal who works as an independent contractor rather than as an employee of a law firm or corporation.






14. An intentional act that creates a reasonable apprehension of an immediate harmful or offensive physical contact.






15. An agreement supported by consideration.






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






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






18. An ADR mechanism whereby a neutral third party assists the parties in reaching a mutually agreeable - voluntary compromise.






19. Courts that determine whether lower courts have made errors of law.






20. Information about what happened procedurally to the litigation after the case cited. Include this information in a citation.






21. 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.






22. An opinion that agrees with the majority's result but disagrees with its reasoning.






23. A right to use property owned by another for a limited purpose.






24. Courts that determine the facts and apply the law to the facts.






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






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






27. The educated ability to apply law to specific facts.






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






29. A rule that states that evidence obtained in violation of an individual's constitutional rights cannot be used against that individual in a criminal trial.






30. In a complaint - one cause of action.






31. Law that creates rights and duties.






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






33. An error made by the trial judge sufficiently serious to warrant reversing the trial court's decision.






34. A defense whereby the defendant offers new evidence to avoid judgment.






35. A national association of paralegal associations.






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






37. The standard of proof used in criminal trials. The evidence represented must be so conclusive and complete that all reasonable doubts regarding the facts are removed from the jurors' minds.






38. The authority of a court to hear a case when it is initiated - as opposed to appellate jurisdiction.






39. The law itself - such as statutes and court opinions.






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






41. 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.






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. When the defendant does not have sufficient money or other assets to pay the judgment.






44. Representing someone who is in a position adverse to a prior client.






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






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






47. 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






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






49. A meeting of the attorneys and the judge prior to the beginning of the trial.






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







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