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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. Written questions sent by one side to the opposing side - answered under oath.






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






3. 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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4. A fee calculated as a percentage of the settlement or award in the case.






5. Money or something else of value that is held by the government to ensure the defendant's appearance in court.






6. Questions relating to what happened: who - what - when - where - and how.






7. A court's prior permission for the police to search and seize.






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






9. Summary of one legal point in a court opinion; written by the editors at West.






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






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






12. Generally accepted legal principles.






13. An advance or down payment that is given to engage the services of an attorney.






14. 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






15. A claim by the defendant against the plaintiff.






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






17. A warrant that allows the police to enter without announcing their presence in advance.






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






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






20. A request that the court order a rehearing of a lawsuit because irregularities - such as errors of the court or jury misconduct - make it probable that an impartial trial do not occur.






21. A professional entity in which the owners share in the organization's profits but are not liable for the malpractice of their partners.






22. Money is awarded to a plaintiff in payment for his or her actual losses.






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






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






25. The process after arrest that includes taking the defendant's personal information - giving the defendant an opportunity to read and sign a Miranda card - and allowing the defendant the opportunity to use a telephone.






26. The failure of an attorney to act reasonably.






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






28. Either a subcategory of relevancy or simply another word for relevancy - the requirement that the evidence be more probative than prejudicial.






29. The process of finding the law.






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






31. A request that the court order that certain information not be mentioned in the presence of the jury.






32. The purpose of the legislature at the time it enacted the statute.






33. The process by which individuals or organizations have their names placed on an official list kept by some private organization or governmental agency.






34. 'The thing speaks for itself'; the doctrine that suggest negligence can be presumed if an event happens that would not ordinarily happen unless someone was negligent.






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






36. Law that deals with harm to a person or a person's property.






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






38. Evidence that does not add any new information but that confirms facts that already have been established.






39. A national association of paralegal managers.






40. Violation of a statute as proof of negligence






41. Questions that suggest the answer.






42. Law that creates rights and duties.






43. A court order that a person who is not a party to the litigation appear at a trial or deposition and bring requested documents.






44. A requirement that a party fulfill his or her contractual obligations.






45. The papers that begin a lawsuit-generally - the complaint and the answer.






46. A term used to describe a case that is similar to another case.






47. A system of government in which the authority to govern is split between a single - nationwide central government and several regional governments that control specific geographical areas.






48. Any tangible object - like a bloody glove.






49. A trial conducted without a jury.






50. Ownership by two or more people. Ownership shares do not have to be equal - but each has an undivided interest in the property. When a tenant in common dies - that person's share passes either by will or by intestate statute.