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Paralegal 101

Subject : law
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1. The pretrial oral questioning of a witness under oath.






2. A defense requiring proof that the defendant was forced to take an action to avoid a greater harm.






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






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






5. A nonlawyer who provides legal services directly to the public without being under the supervision of an attorney. Absent a statute allowing this activity - it constitutes the unauthorized practice of law.






6. A pamphlet inserted into the back of a book containing information new since the volume was published.






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






8. '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.






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






10. The delivery of a pleading or other paper in a lawsuit to the opposing party.






11. A national association of paralegal associations.






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






13. The justified use of force to protect oneself or others.






14. A business run by two or more persons as co-owners.






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






16. In a case brief - facts that deal with what happened to the parties before the litigation began.






17. A group of people - usually 23 - whose function is to determine if probable cause exists to believe that a crime has been committed and that the defendant committed it.






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






19. 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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20. A form of logical reasoning based on a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion.






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






22. Federal and state rules that regulate how criminal proceedings are conducted.






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






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






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






26. An agreement supported by consideration.






27. A decision is overruled when a court in a later case changes the law so that its prior decision is no longer good law.






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






29. Books that contain appellate court decisions. There are both official and unofficial reporters.






30. An actual incident or condition; not a legal consequence.






31. A defendant's personal promise to appear in court.






32. A court order requiring a party to perform a specific act or to cease doing a specific act.






33. Liability without a showing of fault.






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






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






36. Private publication of court opinions-for example - the regional reporters - such as N.E.2d - published by West.






37. An intentional act that creates a reasonable apprehension of an immediate harmful or offensive physical contact.






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






39. When the defendant does not have sufficient money or other assets to pay the judgment.






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






41. A method adopted by the federal rules in which the plaintiff simply informs the defendant of the claim and the general basis for it.






42. 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.






43. Determined by whether the evidence leads one to logically conclude that an asserted fact is either more or less probable.






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






49. A worldwide network of computer networks.






50. 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







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