Test your basic knowledge |

Paralegal 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A business run by two or more persons as co-owners.






2. An examination of a prospective juror to see if he or she is fit to serve as a juror on a specific case.






3. The court's power to review statutes to decide whether they conform to the Constitution.






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






5. Consists of records - contracts - leases - wills - and other written instruments.






6. The transfer of a case from one state court to a federal court.






7. Used to describe legislation that changes the common law.






8. In a complaint - one cause of action.






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






10. A set of standardized jury instructions.






11. A court opinion that establishes new law in an important area.






12. Law that deals with harm to a person or a person's property.






13. A witness who has not been shown to have any special expertise.






14. Body of law that has evolved from judicial decisions in cases that do not involve constitutional - statutory - or administrative regulation interpretation.






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






16. A statute establishing and setting out the powers of an administrative agency.






17. The power of a court to hear a particular type of case.






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






19. All property that is not real property.






20. 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






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






22. Any tangible object - like a bloody glove.






23. The highest federal appellate court - consisting of nine appointed members.






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






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






26. Money awarded to a plaintiff in cases of intentional torts in order to punish the defendant and serve as a warning to others.






27. The doctrine stating that normally once a court has decided one way on a particular issue - it and other courts in the same jurisdiction will decide the same way on that issue in future cases given similar facts unless they can be convinced of the ne






28. 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.






29. A request made to the court.






30. 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.






31. 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.






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






33. A trial conducted without a jury.






34. Disregarding a substantial and unjustifiable risk that harm will result.






35. Information about what happened procedurally to the litigation after the case cited. Include this information in a citation.






36. The status of being formally recognized by a nongovernmental organization for having met special criteria - such as fulfilling educational requirements and passing an exam - established by that organization.






37. A provision that purports to waive liability.






38. Cases that involve different facts and/or rules of law.






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






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






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






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






43. A national association of paralegal associations.






44. A set of ethical rules developed by the American Bar Association in the 1980s. The Model rules have been adopted by most of the states.






45. The publication of false statements that harm a person's reputation.






46. A method for excusing a prospective juror; no reason need be given.






47. Land and objects permanently attached to land.






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






49. 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.






50. The tort theory that an employer can be sued for the negligent acts of its employees.