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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. A summary of a court opinion that appears at the beginning of the case.






2. An opinion that disagrees with the majority's decision and its reasoning.






3. A rule of evidence that prevents an attorney or a paralegal from being compelled to testify about confidential client information.






4. Simultaneously representing adverse clients.






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






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






7. The process of finding the law.






8. When more than one court has jurisdiction to hear a case.






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






10. Voluntarily and knowingly subjecting oneself to danger.






11. A witness who has not been shown to have any special expertise.






12. Questions that suggest the answer.






13. Computer codes that - when clicked on with a mouse - connect the user to other web pages with related information






14. Voluntarily and knowingly subjecting oneself to danger.






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






16. Proof that the evidence is what it is said to be.






17. A defense requiring proof that the defendant would not have committed the crime but for police trickery.






18. A computer search that identifies every place in which the search term appears in the actual text of the document being searched.






19. 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.






20. Being the victem of repeated attacks - self-defense is sometimes allowed to the victim - even when the victim is not in immediate danger.

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






22. A form in which statutes are published; they are printed individually at the time they are first enacted.






23. A nonbinding process in which attorneys for both sides present synopses of their cases to a jury - which renders an advisory opinion on the basis of these presentations.






24. In law - a per curium decision (or opinion) is a ruling issued by an appellate court of multiple judges in which the decision rendered is made by the court (or at least a majoirty of the court) acting collectively and anonymously.






25. A request made to the court.






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






27. A statute that changes the common law.






28. A court where a permanent record is kept of the testimony - lawyers' remarks - and judges' rulings.






29. A law enacted by a state legislature or by Congress.






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






31. The party in a case against whom an appeal has been filed.






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






33. The defense's request that the court find the prosecution failed to meet its burden and that it remove the case from the jury by finding the defendant not guilty.






34. A body of principles and rules that are either explicitly stated in - or inferred from - the constitutions of the United States and those of the individual states.






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






36. A determination that an attorney may not practice law for a set period of time.






37. The highest federal appellate court - consisting of nine appointed members.






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






39. Rules and regulations created by administrative agencies.






40. 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.






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






42. The power of government to take private property for public purposes.






43. A decision is overruled when a court in a later case changes the law that the decision in the earlier case is no longer good law.






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






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






46. The rule that in order to claim self-defense there must have been no possibility of retreat.






47. In logic - a belief that justifies one in arguing a conclusion.






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






49. Negligence by the plaintiff that contributed to his or her injury. Normally - it is a complete bar to the plaintiff's recovery.






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