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Paralegal 101
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1. The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
Distinguishable cases
Bill of Rights
Hearsay
Battered woman's or spouse's syndrome
2. 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.
Pinpoint cite
Unofficial reporter
Dismissal with prejudice
per curium
3. An opinion that disagrees with the majority's decision and its reasoning.
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
Probable cause
Limited liability partnership (LLP)
Dissenting opinion
4. Any tangible object - like a bloody glove.
Real or physical evidence
Discovery
Third-party claim
Reverse
5. A situation in which a conflict of interest may arise in the future--for example - representing business partners.
Unauthorized practice of law
Notice pleading
Case reporters
Potential conflict
6. A court order authorizing a sheriff to take property in order to enforce a judgment.
Retainer agreement
Writ of execution
Bench trial
Codification of the common law
7. Not factually true - but accepted by the courts as being legally true.
Mediation
Comparative negligence
Constructive
Enabling act
8. A request that the court order that certain information not be mentioned in the presence of the jury.
Potential conflict
Motion in limine
Legal writing
Constructive eviction
9. A request that the court prohibit the use of certain evidence at the trial.
Real property
Harmless error
Motion to suppress
Structured database
10. A public or private statement that an attorney's conduct violated the code of ethics.
Constructive
Reprimand or censure
Probable cause
Distinguishable cases
11. 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.
Nominal damages
Necessity
Entrapment
Federalism
12. A court order requiring a party to perform a specific act or to cease doing a specific act.
Directed verdict
Disbarment
Injunction
Diversity jurisdiction
13. Disregarding a substantial and unjustifiable risk that harm will result.
Ethical wall or screen or cone of silence
Regulation
Exculpatory evidence
Recklessness
14. An affidavit signed by the client indicating that he or she has read the complaint and that its contents are correct.
Verification
Potential conflict
Codification of the common law
M'Naghten test
15. In logic - a belief that justifies one in arguing a conclusion.
Intellectual Property
Reverse
Appellate courts
Assumption
16. The pleading that begins a lawsuit.
Complaint
Assumption of the risk
Actus rea
Practice of law
17. When the product was not being used for its intended purpose or was being used in a dangerous manner; it is a defense to a products liability claim so long as the misuse was not foreseeable.
Product misuse
Search engine
On point
Appellee or respondent
18. In a case brief - facts that deal with what happened to the parties before the litigation began.
Peremptory challenge
Substantive facts
Fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine
Appellant or petitioner
19. An error made by the trial judge sufficiently serious to warrant reversing the trial court's decision.
Reversible error
Procedural law
Exigent circumstances
Pinpoint cite
20. Something of value exchanged to form the basis of a contract.
Motion
Implied warranty of habitability
Prima facie case
Consideration
21. The rules whereby all members of a law firm are treated as though they had represented the former client.
Billable hours
Vicarious representation
Laws
Client trust account
22. The number of hours - or parts of an hour - that can be charged to a specific client.
Billable hours
Legislative history
Verification
Contingency fee
23. Questions relating to the interpretation or application of the law.
Reverse
Contributory negligence
Reverse
Questions of law
24. The delivery of a pleading or other paper in a lawsuit to the opposing party.
Service
Plain view doctrine
Persuasive authority
Original jurisdiction
25. The final paragraph in a written legal analysis that summarizes the writer's conclusions.
Broad holding
Concluding paragraph
U.S. Court of Appeals
International Paralegal Management Association (IPMA) www.paralegal management.org
26. When nonlawyers do things that only lawyers are allowed to do. In most states this is a crime.
Unauthorized practice of law
Remedial statute
Major premise
Secondary authority
27. A constitutional fairness requirement that a defendant have at least a certain minimum level of contact with a state before the state courts can have jurisdiction over the defendant.
Statutes at large or session laws
Minimum contacts
Statutes of limitations
Reverse
28. A request that the court find the plaintiff has failed to state a valid claim and dismiss the complaint.
Search engine
Discovery
Void for vagueness
12(b)(6) motion
29. The purpose of the legislature at the time it enacted the statute.
Legislative intent
Major premise
Reasonable suspicion
Judicial notice
30. 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.
Service
Federalism
Clearly erroneous
Implied warranty of habitability
31. The transfer of a case from one state court to a federal court.
Removal
Liberal construction
Limited jurisdiction
Dissenting opinion
32. 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.
Actual cause
No-knock warrant
Codification of the common law
Dissenting opinion
33. Private publication of court opinions-for example - the regional reporters - such as N.E.2d - published by West.
Partnership
Nolo contendere
Inculpatory evidence
Unofficial reporter
34. A business run by two or more persons as co-owners.
Recklessness
Partnership
Hypertext links
Restatement of the Law of Torts - Second
35. 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.
Exculpatory evidence
Black-letter law
Judicial activism
Constitutional law
36. A constitutional protection against being tried twice for the same crime.
Answer
Adverse possession
Hourly rate
Double jeopardy
37. A compilation of federal administrative regulations arranged by agency.
Doctrine of implied powers
Competency
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
Personal recognizance bond
38. Courts that determine the facts and apply the law to the facts.
Shepardizing
Trial courts
Contributory negligence
Pleadings
39. A term used to describe a case that is similar to another case.
Battered woman's or spouse's syndrome
Strict liability
Limited jurisdiction
On point
40. A tangible object or a right or ownership interest.
Original jurisdiction
Property
Concurrent jurisdiction
Exclusionary rule
41. A claim by one defendant against another defendant or by one plaintiff against another plaintiff.
Duress
Fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine
Pocket part
Cross-claim
42. Ownership by two or more persons who have equal rights in the use of the property. When a joint tenant dies - that person's share passes to the other joint tenant(s).
Closed Questions
Holding
Joint tenancy
Recklessness
43. Specific questions that usually demand very short or yes-no answers.
Rules of evidence
Closed Questions
Reprimand or censure
Defendant
44. 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.
Holding
U.S. Supreme Court
Beyond a reasonable doubt
Rules of evidence
45. A pamphlet inserted into the back of a book containing information new since the volume was published.
Retainer
Stare decisis
Pocket part
Professional Corporation (PC)
46. Bad act.
Tickler System
Holding
Actus rea
Loislaw
47. Including more than one count in a complaint; the counts do not need to be consistent.
Pleading in the alternative
Products liability
Easement
Road Map paragraph
48. The publication of false statements that harm a person's reputation.
Defamation
Personal jurisdiction
Personal recognizance bond
Holding
49. A method for measuring the relative negligence of the plaintiff and the defendant - with a commensurate sharing of the compensation for the injuries.
Defendant
Persuasive authority
Derogation of the common law
Comparative negligence
50. A question that suggests the answer; generally - leading questions may not be asked during direct examination of a witness.
Court of record
Entrapment
National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA) www.paralegals.org
Leading question
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