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Paralegal 101

Subject : law
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1. Law that regulates how the legal system operates.






2. A worldwide network of computer networks.






3. The requirement that defendants be notified of their rights to remain silent and to have an attorney present prior to being questioned by the police.






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






5. The failure to act reasonably under the circumstances.






6. 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.






7. 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.






8. Information about what happened procedurally to the litigation after the case cited. Include this information in a citation. There is no entry for the topic Husband and Wife.






9. The status of having received a certificate documenting that the person has successfully completed an educational program.






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






11. 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.






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






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






14. A provision that purports to waive liability.






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






16. Establishes a direct link to the event that must be proven.






17. The rules whereby all members of a law firm are treated as though they had represented the former client.






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






19. A court order authorizing a sheriff to take property in order to enforce a judgment.






20. The process of organizing statutes by subject matter.






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






22. When an appellate court overturns or negates the decision of a lower court.






23. A suspicion based on specific facts; less than probable cause.






24. 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.






25. In a case brief - the court's answer to the issue presented to it; the new legal principle established by a court opinion.






26. A judicial philosophy that supports a limited role for the judiciary in changing the law - including deference to the legislative branch.






27. A calendering system that records key dates and important deadlines.






28. All property that is not real property.






29. A trial conducted without a jury.






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






31. Any tangible object - like a bloody glove.






32. Specific questions that usually demand very short or yes-no answers.






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






34. 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.






35. 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.






36. A defendant's plea meaning that the defendant neither admits nor denies the charges.






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






38. 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.






39. A notice informing the defendant of the lawsuit and requiring the defendant to respond or risk losing the suit.






40. A system developed to shield an attorney or a paralegal from a case that otherwise would create a conflict of interest.






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






42. A constitutional protection against being tried twice for the same crime.






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






44. A court order requiring a person to appear to testify at a trial or deposition.






45. The ethical rule prohibiting attorneys and paralegals from disclosing information regarding a client or a client's case.






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






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






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






49. Intangible assets - such as trade secrets - copyrights - patents - and trade or service marks.






50. A method for excusing a prospective juror based on the juror's inability to serve in an unbiased manner.







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