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Paralegal 101
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. To perform.
Deponent
Writ of execution
Equity
Execute
2. A public or private statement that an attorney's conduct violated the code of ethics.
Reprimand or censure
Service
Disposition
Contingency Fee
3. A temporary transfer of personal property to someone other than the owner for a specified purpose.
Bailment
Case citation
Double jeopardy
Subject matter jurisdiction
4. The party in a case against whom an appeal has been filed.
Res ipsa loquitur
Dictum
Broad holding
Appellee or respondent
5. Generally accepted legal principles.
Black-letter law
Warrant
Implied warranty of habitability
Judicial activism
6. A trial ended by the judge because of a major problem - such as a prejudicial statement by one of the attorneys.
Grand jury
Mistrial
Tort law
Legal services offices
7. A statutory citation is a formalized method for referring to a statute's chapter (or title) and section numbers.
Reversible error
Contributory negligence
Concurrent conflict of interest
Citation
8. Information about what happened procedurally to the cited case before it was heard by the cited court. Do not include this information in a citation.
Prior case history
Majority opinion
Removal
Shepardizing
9. Governmental publication of court opinions.
Evidence
Official reporter
Respondeat superior
Compulsory joinder
10. The power of a court to hear a case.
Jurisdiction
Probable cause
Exclusionary rule
U.S. Court of Appeals
11. A computer search that identifies every place in which the search term appears in the actual text of the document being searched.
Joint tenancy
Unofficial reporter
Full-text searches
Retainer agreement
12. The heading section of a pleading that contains the names of the parties - the name of the court - the title of the action - the docket or file number - and the name of the pleading.
Caption
Statutes at large or session laws
Void for vagueness
Annotated statutes
13. A constitutional protection against being tried twice for the same crime.
Notice pleading
Contributory negligence
Transition
Double jeopardy
14. A method for interpreting statutes in which the ordinary meaning of the statute's language is examined.
Enabling act
Plain meaning
Arraignment
Tickler System
15. 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.
American Bar Association (ABA) www.abanet.org
Federalism
Stop and frisk
U.S. Court of Appeals
16. 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.
Separation of powers
M'Naghten test
Motion for a new trial
Prior case history
17. 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.
Reasonable suspicion
Subsequent case history
Personal jurisdiction
Principle
18. Monetary compensation - including compensatory - punitive - and nominal damages.
Exhaustion of administrative remedies
Appellate brief
Voir dire
Damages
19. Either a subcategory of relevancy or simply another word for relevancy - the requirement that the evidence be more probative than prejudicial.
Fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine
Booking
Materiality
Deductive reasoning
20. The number of hours - or parts of an hour - that can be charged to a specific client.
Analogous cases
Testimonial evidence
Warrant
Billable hours
21. When an appellate court sends a case back to the trial court for a new trial or other action.
Exculpatory evidence
Interrogatories
Personal jurisdiction
Remand
22. Cases that involve different facts and/or rules of law.
Distinguishable cases
Property law
Concurrent conflict of interest
Rule
23. A method for excusing a prospective juror; no reason need be given.
Issue of first impression
Writ of habeas corpus
Default judgment
Peremptory challenge
24. A defense requiring proof that the defendant would not have committed the crime but for police trickery.
Booking
Entrapment
Default judgment
Appellee or respondent
25. A court order that ends a lawsuit; the suit cannot be refiled by the same parties.
Request for admissions
Valid
Miranda warnings
Dismissal with prejudice
26. A request that the court prohibit the use of certain evidence at the trial.
Motion to suppress
Deposition
Loislaw
Citation
27. When the law is applied to the client's facts and the result is not obvious - an issue is created.
Search engine
Principle
Issue
Direct examination
28. A tangible object or a right or ownership interest.
Billable hours
Primary authority
Property
Personal property
29. A repeat offender; one who continues to commit more crimes.
Recidivist
Equity
Unofficial reporter
Appellant or petitioner
30. The application of legal rules to a client's specific factual situation; also known as legal analysis.
Full-text searches
Legal Reasoning
Indictment
Lay advocate
31. A computerized database that contains key information about the content of documents - such as medical records.
Structured database
Reverse
Pretrial motion
Charging the jury
32. A means of gaining appellate review; in the U.S. Supreme Court the writ is discretionary and will be issued to another court to review a federal question if four of the nine justices vote to hear the case.
Legal Reasoning
Limited liability partnership (LLP)
Writ of certiorari
Ethical wall or screen or cone of silence
33. Broad questions that put few limits on the freedom of the respondent.
Subpoena
Open Questions
Expert witness
Charging the jury
34. Evidence that is derived from an illegal search or interrogation is inadmissible.
Fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine
Summary jury trials
Open Questions
Class action suit
35. The highest federal appellate court - consisting of nine appointed members.
Rules of evidence
Default judgment
U.S. Supreme Court
Direct evidence
36. Questions relating to what happened: who - what - when - where - and how.
Appellate brief
Administrative law
Questions of fact
Counterclaim
37. A court where a permanent record is kept of the testimony - lawyers' remarks - and judges' rulings.
U.S. district courts
Court of record
Voir dire
Minimum contacts
38. The reference to a particular page within an opinion.
Intellectual Property
Legal clinic
Minor premise
Pinpoint cite
39. Any tangible object - like a bloody glove.
Affirm
Real or physical evidence
Principle
Exhaustion of administrative remedies
40. A trial court error that is not sufficient to warrant reversing the decision.
Canons of construction
Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Harmless error
Disbarment
41. Specific questions that usually demand very short or yes-no answers.
Product misuse
International Paralegal Management Association (IPMA) www.paralegal management.org
Closed Questions
Trial courts
42. 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.
Miranda warnings
Concurrent jurisdiction
Property law
Deponent
43. An act by a landlord that makes the premises unfit or unsuitable for occupancy.
Legislative intent
Contingency fee
Hypertext links
Constructive eviction
44. A witness who has not been shown to have any special expertise.
Lay witness
Procedural law
Substantial capacity test
Hearsay
45. 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.
Concluding paragraph
Affirm
Booking
Tort law
46. Questions relating to the interpretation or application of the law.
Actual cause
Defendant
Bailment
Questions of law
47. In a case brief - the court's answer to the issue presented to it; the new legal principle established by a court opinion.
Personal property
Leading question
Holding
Adverse possession
48. When a judge formally recognizes something as being a fact without requiring the attorneys prove it through the introduction of other evidence.
Judicial notice
Execute
Dissenting opinion
Circumstantial evidence
49. The questioning of an opposing witness.
Conflict of interest
Tickler System
Pretrial motion
Cross-examination
50. Books that contain appellate court decisions. There are both official and unofficial reporters.
Eminent Domain
Subpoena
Successive conflict of interest
Case reporters