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Paralegal 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
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1. Without the need for a warrant - the police may seize objects that are openly visible.






2. Defendant's reply to the complaint. It may contain statements of denial - admission - or lack of knowledge and affirmative defenses.






3. '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.






4. A computerized database that contains the full text of documents - such as court opinions or depositions.






5. A statute that changes the common law.






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






7. The process of organizing statutes by subject matter.






8. A decision is reversed when an appellate court overturns or negates the decision of a lower court.






9. 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.






10. A provision in a deed that prohibits specified uses of the property.






11. The general jurisdiction trial courts in the federal system.






12. A request that the court grant judgment in favor of the moving party because there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. It is similar to a 12(b)(6) motion except that the court a






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






14. 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.






15. The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.






16. Attorney compensation as a percentage of the amount recovered rather than a flat amount of money or an hourly fee.






17. 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.






18. A document that lists statements regarding specific items for the other party to admit or deny.






19. 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.






20. The division of governmental power among the legislative - executive - and judicial branches.






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






22. A trial court error that is not sufficient to warrant reversing the decision.






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






24. 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.






25. Evidence that is derived from an illegal search or interrogation is inadmissible.






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






27. A process whereby the prosecutor and the defendant's attorney agree for the defendant to plead guilty in exchange for the prosecutor's promise to charge him or her with a lesser offense - drop some additional charges - or request a lesser sentence.






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






29. 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.






30. A test that provides that the defendant is not guity due to insanity if - at the time of the killing the defendant could not control his or her actions.






31. The law itself - such as statutes and court opinions.






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






33. Occurs when the police restrain a person's freedom and charge the person with a crime.






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






35. The power of a court to force a person to appear before it.






36. Evidence that suggests the defendant's innocence.






37. In a case brief - the rule of law applied to the case's specific facts.






38. An assumption that something that is not real is real-for example - saying that a corporation is a person for purposes of its being able to sue and be sued.






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






40. The pretrial oral questioning of a witness under oath.






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






42. The power of the federal courts to hear matters of state law if the opposing parties are from different states and the amounts in controversy exceeds $75 -000.00






43. A decision is reversed when an appellate court overturns or negates the decision of a lower court.






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






45. When an appellate court sends a case back to the trial court for a new trial or other action.






46. The process of legislative enactment of areas of the law previously governed solely by the common law.






47. An activity that requires professional judgment - or the educational ability to relate law to a specific legal problem.






48. 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.






49. Liability without having to prove fault.






50. A request that the court find the plaintiff has failed to state a valid claim and dismiss the complaint.