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Paralegal 101

Subject : law
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1. All property that is not real property.






2. A person who assists an attorney and - working under the attorney's supervision - does tasks that - absent the paralegal - the attorney would do. A paralegal cannot give advice or appear in court.






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






4. A national paralegal association.






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






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






7. The process of organizing statutes by subject matter.






8. A tort committed by one who intends to do the act that creates the harm.






9. In a lawsuit the person who is sued; in a criminal case the person who is being charged with a crime.






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






11. 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.






12. The ethical rule prohibiting attorneys and paralegals from working for opposing sides in a case.






13. Information about the law - such as that contained in encyclopedias and law review articles.






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






15. The result reached in a particular case.






16. 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






17. A defense requiring proof that the defendant was forced to take an action to avoid a greater harm.






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






19. Part of the Model Penal Code; a test that provides that the defendant is not guilty due to insanity if - at the time of the killing - the defendant lacked either the ability to understand that the act was wrong or the ability to control the behavior.






20. The process of signaling that you are really listening - accomplished by using verbal and nonverbal clues - paraphrasing - and reflecting the client's feelings.






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






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






24. The power of the federal government to prevent the states from passing conflicting laws - and sometimes even to prohibit states from passing any laws on a particular subject.






25. An online legal database containing court decisions and statutes from the entire country. While its coverage of other legal mateirals is not as extensive as that of Westlaw and Lexis - it is also less expensive.






26. A statute that changes the common law.






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






32. A requirement that property be fit for the purpose for which it is being rented. Owners are required to repair and maintain the premises at certain minimum levels.






33. The power of a court to hear a particular type of case.






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






35. A lawsuit brought by a person as a representative for a group of people who have been similarly injured.






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






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






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






40. A trial conducted without a jury.






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






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






43. 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.






44. Including more than one count in a complaint; the counts do not need to be consistent.






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






46. The process of properly identifying and authenticating evidence so that it can be introduced.






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






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






49. The theory holding manufacturers and sellers liable for defective products when the defects make the products unreasonably dangerous.






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






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