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Paralegal 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A computerized database that contains the full text of documents - such as court opinions or depositions.






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






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






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






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






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






7. An online legal databease containing court decisions and statutes from the entire country - as well as secondary authority; a competitor to Lexis.






8. Usually organized as either a partnership or a professional corporation - law clinics provide low-cost legal services on routine matters by stressing low overhead and high volume.






9. A set charge for a specific service - such as drafting a simple will.






10. A person appointed by the court to manage the affairs or property of a person who is incompetent due to age or some other reason.






11. A professional entity in which the owners share in the organization's profits but are not liable for the malpractice of their partners.






12. Also known as real estate; land and items growing on or permanently attached to that land.






13. In a complaint - one cause of action.






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






15. Affiliated with the federal government's Legal Services Corporation - these offices serve those who would otherwise be unable to afford legal assistance.






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






17. Written questions sent by one side to the opposing side - answered under oath.






18. 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.






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






20. A request that the court prohibit the use of certain evidence at the trial.






21. 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






22. The background documents created during the process of a bill becoming a statute. These documents can include alternative versions of the legislation - proceedings of committee hearings and reports - and transcripts of floor debates.






23. The person who is being asked questions at a deposition.






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






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






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






27. The party in a case who has initiated an appeal.






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






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






30. The questioning of an opposing witness.






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






32. Something of value exchanged to form the basis of a contract.






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






34. Information that can be presented in a court of law as proof of some fact.






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






36. Consists of the description of events that a witness testifies to under oath in a legal proceeding.






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






38. A statute that changes the common law.






39. 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.






40. A person who initiates a lawsuit.






41. The new legal principle established by a court opinion.






42. A request made to the court.






43. Generally accepted legal principles.






44. A decision is reversed when the litigants appeal the trial court decision and the higher court disagrees with the decision of a lower court.






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






46. Bad intent.






47. 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.






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






49. In a case brief - the general legal principle in existence before the case began.






50. 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.