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






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






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






4. Law that deals with harm to society as a whole.






5. Courts that determine whether lower courts have made errors of law.






6. An error made by the trial judge sufficiently serious to warrant reversing the trial court's decision.






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






8. A calendering system that records key dates and important deadlines.






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






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






11. Monetary compensation - including compensatory - punitive - and nominal damages.






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






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






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






16. The purpose of the legislature at the time it enacted the statute.






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






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






19. A statute enacted to correct a defect in prior law or to provide a remedy where none existed.






20. Not susceptible to a precise definition; a belief based on specific facts that a crime has been or is about to be committed; more than a reasonable suspicion.






21. Voluntarily and knowingly subjecting oneself to danger.






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






23. Indirect evidence - used to prove facts by implication.






24. The result reached in a particular case.






25. The educated ability to apply law to specific facts.






26. When more than one court has jurisdiction to hear a case.






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






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






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






30. In a complaint - one cause of action.






31. A witness who possesses skill and knowledge beyond that of the average person.






32. A judicial philosophy that supports a limited role for the judiciary in changing the law - including deference to the legislative branch.






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






34. A defense requiring proof that the defendant was not mentally responsible.






35. Also known as cause in fact - this is measured by the 'but for' standard: But for the defendant's actions - the plaintiff would not have been injured.






36. 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.






37. A national association of paralegal managers.






38. Voluntarily and knowingly subjecting oneself to danger.






39. A reason for invalidating a statute where it covers both protected and criminal activity.






40. Bad act.






41. The ethical rule prohibiting attorneys and paralegals from disclosing information regarding a client or a client's case.






42. A worldwide network of computer networks.






43. A defense requiring proof that force or a threat of force was used to cause a person to commit a criminal act.






44. Generally - an emergency situation that allows a search to proceed without a warrant.






45. A criminal proceeding at which the court informs the defendant of the charges being brought against him or her and the defendant enters a plea.






46. The status of having received a certificate documenting that the person has successfully completed an educational program.






47. Techniques for resolving conflicts that are alternatives to full-scale litigation. The two most common are arbitration and mediation.






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






49. A defense whereby the defendant offers new evidence to avoid judgment.






50. Land and objects permanently attached to land.