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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. Cases that involve similar facts and rules of law.






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






3. Fairness; a court's power to do justice. Equity powers allow judges to take action when otherwise the law would limit their decisions to monetary awards. Equity powers include a judge's ability to issue an injunction and to order specific performance






4. A public or private statement that an attorney's conduct violated the code of ethics.






5. The result reached in a particular case.






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






7. An act by a landlord that makes the premises unfit or unsuitable for occupancy.






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






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






10. Also known as cause in fact - this is measured by the 'but for' standard: But for the defendant's actions - the plaintiff would not have been injured.






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






12. How subsequent cases have affected the case you are Shepardizing. It is sometimes indicated by a one-letter abbreviation before the Shepard's citation.






13. A person who initiates a lawsuit.






14. 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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15. A tangible object or a right or ownership interest.






16. Evidence that suggests the defendant's guilt.






17. A canon of construction meaning 'of the same class.:






18. A grand jury's written accusation that a given individual has committed a crime.






19. What the prosecution or plaintiff must be able to prove in order for the case to go to the jury-that is - the elements of the prosecution's case or the plaintiff's cause of action.






20. Rules and regulations created by administrative agencies.






21. The rule requiring that the original document be produced at trial.






22. 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.






23. A court's power to hear only specialized cases.






24. A token sum awarded when liability has been found but monetary damages cannot be shown.






25. A trial ended by the judge because of a major problem - such as a prejudicial statement by one of the attorneys.






26. Governmental publication of court opinions.






27. Law that regulates how the legal system operates.






28. Liability without having to prove fault.






29. 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.






30. Law dealing with ownership.






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






32. The publication of false statements that harm a person's reputation.






33. An ADR mechanism whereby the parties submit their disagreement to a third party - whose decision is binding.






34. A professional entity in which the stockholders share in the organization's profits but have their liabilities limited to the amount of their investment.






35. A request that the court prohibit the use of certain evidence at the trial.






36. Questions that suggest the answer.






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






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






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






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






41. A criminal proceeding at which the court informs the defendant of the charges being brought against him or her and the defendant enters a plea.






42. 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.






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






44. The pretrial oral questioning of a witness under oath.






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






46. Voluntarily and knowingly subjecting oneself to danger.






47. A book that contains court opinion headnotes arranged by subject matter.






48. Attorney compensation as a percentage of the amount recovered rather than a flat amount of money or an hourly fee.






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






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