NC PARALEGAL CERTIFICATION 2026 EXAMS SCRIPT
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔joint custody - ✔✔Custody of a child that is shared by the parents following the
termination of a marriage.
✔✔joint liability - ✔✔Shared liability. In partnership law, partners incur joint liability for
partnership obligations and debts.
✔✔joint tenancy - ✔✔The joint ownership of property by two or more co-owners in
which each co-owner owns an undivided portion of the property. On the death of one of
the joint tenants, his or her interest automatically passes to the surviving joint tenant(s).
✔✔judge - ✔✔A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court.
✔✔judgment - ✔✔The final decision of a court regarding the rights and claims of the
parties to the lawsuit.
✔✔judgment creditor - ✔✔A creditor who is legally entitled, by a court's judgment, to
collect the amount of the judgment from a debtor.
✔✔jurisdiction - ✔✔The authority of a court to hear and decide a specific action.
✔✔jurisprudence - ✔✔The science or philosophy of law.
✔✔justiciable controversy - ✔✔A controversy that is real and substantial, as opposed to
hypothetical or academic.
✔✔key number - ✔✔A number (accompanied by the symbol of a key) corresponding to
a specific topic within West's key number system to facilitate legal research of case law.
✔✔KeyCite - ✔✔An aid to legal research developed by the editors of Westlaw®.
,On Westlaw®, KeyCite can trace case history, retrieve secondary sources, categorize
legal citations by legal issue, and perform other functions.
✔✔laches - ✔✔The equitable doctrine that bars a party's rights to legal action if the
party has neglected for an unreasonable length of time to act on the party's rights.
✔✔larceny - ✔✔The wrongful or fraudulent taking and carrying away of another
person's personal property with the intent to deprive the person permanently of the
property.
✔✔law - ✔✔A body of rules of conduct established and enforced by the controlling
authority (the government) of a society.
✔✔law clerk - ✔✔A law student working as an apprentice with a law firm, during the
summer or part-time during the school year, to gain practical experience. Some law
firms refer to law clerks as summer associates.
✔✔law journal - ✔✔A magazine or newspaper that contains articles, news items,
comments on new laws and case decisions, court calendars,
and suggestions for practicing law, for use by attorneys.
✔✔law review - ✔✔A law school publication containing both case summaries written by
student members and scholarly articles written by law professors, judges, and
attorneys. These articles focus on current developments in the law, case decisions, and
legislation. Law reviews are edited by students, who contribute notes to featured
articles.
✔✔lay witness - ✔✔A witness who can truthfully and accurately testify on a fact in
question without having specialized training or knowledge; an
ordinary witness.
✔✔leading question - ✔✔A question that suggests, or "leads to," a desired answer.
Interviewers may use leading questions to elicit responses
from witnesses who otherwise would not be forthcoming.
Generally, in court leading questions may be asked only of
hostile witnesses.
✔✔lease - ✔✔In real property law, a contract by which the owner of real
property (the landlord) grants to a person (the tenant) an
exclusive right to use and possess the property, usually for a
specified period of time, in return for rent or some other form of
payment.
, ✔✔legal adminstrator - ✔✔An administrative employee of a law firm who manages the
day-to-day operations of the firm. In a smaller law firm, legal administrators are usually
called office managers.
✔✔legal advice - ✔✔The giving of a formal opinion regarding the substance or
procedure of the law by an officer of the court, ordinarily in exchange for financial or
other tangible compensation.
✔✔legal assistant (or paralegal) - ✔✔A person qualified by education, training, or work
experience
who is employed or retained by a lawyer, law office, corporation, governmental agency,
or other entity who performs specifically delegated substantive legal work, for which a
lawyer is responsible.
✔✔legal custody - ✔✔Custody of a child that confers on the parent the right to make
major decisions about the child's life without consulting the other parent.
✔✔Legal Nurse Consultant (LNC) - ✔✔A nurse who consults with legal professionals
and others about
medical aspects of legal claims or issues. Legal nurse consultants normally must have
at least a bachelor's degree in
nursing and a significant amount of nursing experience.
✔✔legal technician (or independent paralegal) - ✔✔A paralegal who offers services
directly to the public, normally
for a fee, without attorney supervision. Independent paralegals
assist customers by supplying them with forms and procedural
knowledge relating to simple or routine legal procedures.
North Carolina does not allow paralegals to offer services
directly to the public.
✔✔legal-assistant manager - ✔✔An employee in a law firm who is responsible for
overseeing the paralegal staff and paralegal professional development.
✔✔legislative rule - ✔✔A rule created by an administrative agency that is as legally
binding as a law enacted by legislature.
✔✔letter of engagement - ✔✔A document that defines the legal relationship between a
professional firm and its client(s). This letter states the terms and conditions of the
engagement, principally addressing the scope of the engagement and the terms of
compensation for the firm.
✔✔letter of intent - ✔✔A written statement expressing the intention of the undersigned
to enter into a formal agreement, especially a business arrangement or transaction.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔joint custody - ✔✔Custody of a child that is shared by the parents following the
termination of a marriage.
✔✔joint liability - ✔✔Shared liability. In partnership law, partners incur joint liability for
partnership obligations and debts.
✔✔joint tenancy - ✔✔The joint ownership of property by two or more co-owners in
which each co-owner owns an undivided portion of the property. On the death of one of
the joint tenants, his or her interest automatically passes to the surviving joint tenant(s).
✔✔judge - ✔✔A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court.
✔✔judgment - ✔✔The final decision of a court regarding the rights and claims of the
parties to the lawsuit.
✔✔judgment creditor - ✔✔A creditor who is legally entitled, by a court's judgment, to
collect the amount of the judgment from a debtor.
✔✔jurisdiction - ✔✔The authority of a court to hear and decide a specific action.
✔✔jurisprudence - ✔✔The science or philosophy of law.
✔✔justiciable controversy - ✔✔A controversy that is real and substantial, as opposed to
hypothetical or academic.
✔✔key number - ✔✔A number (accompanied by the symbol of a key) corresponding to
a specific topic within West's key number system to facilitate legal research of case law.
✔✔KeyCite - ✔✔An aid to legal research developed by the editors of Westlaw®.
,On Westlaw®, KeyCite can trace case history, retrieve secondary sources, categorize
legal citations by legal issue, and perform other functions.
✔✔laches - ✔✔The equitable doctrine that bars a party's rights to legal action if the
party has neglected for an unreasonable length of time to act on the party's rights.
✔✔larceny - ✔✔The wrongful or fraudulent taking and carrying away of another
person's personal property with the intent to deprive the person permanently of the
property.
✔✔law - ✔✔A body of rules of conduct established and enforced by the controlling
authority (the government) of a society.
✔✔law clerk - ✔✔A law student working as an apprentice with a law firm, during the
summer or part-time during the school year, to gain practical experience. Some law
firms refer to law clerks as summer associates.
✔✔law journal - ✔✔A magazine or newspaper that contains articles, news items,
comments on new laws and case decisions, court calendars,
and suggestions for practicing law, for use by attorneys.
✔✔law review - ✔✔A law school publication containing both case summaries written by
student members and scholarly articles written by law professors, judges, and
attorneys. These articles focus on current developments in the law, case decisions, and
legislation. Law reviews are edited by students, who contribute notes to featured
articles.
✔✔lay witness - ✔✔A witness who can truthfully and accurately testify on a fact in
question without having specialized training or knowledge; an
ordinary witness.
✔✔leading question - ✔✔A question that suggests, or "leads to," a desired answer.
Interviewers may use leading questions to elicit responses
from witnesses who otherwise would not be forthcoming.
Generally, in court leading questions may be asked only of
hostile witnesses.
✔✔lease - ✔✔In real property law, a contract by which the owner of real
property (the landlord) grants to a person (the tenant) an
exclusive right to use and possess the property, usually for a
specified period of time, in return for rent or some other form of
payment.
, ✔✔legal adminstrator - ✔✔An administrative employee of a law firm who manages the
day-to-day operations of the firm. In a smaller law firm, legal administrators are usually
called office managers.
✔✔legal advice - ✔✔The giving of a formal opinion regarding the substance or
procedure of the law by an officer of the court, ordinarily in exchange for financial or
other tangible compensation.
✔✔legal assistant (or paralegal) - ✔✔A person qualified by education, training, or work
experience
who is employed or retained by a lawyer, law office, corporation, governmental agency,
or other entity who performs specifically delegated substantive legal work, for which a
lawyer is responsible.
✔✔legal custody - ✔✔Custody of a child that confers on the parent the right to make
major decisions about the child's life without consulting the other parent.
✔✔Legal Nurse Consultant (LNC) - ✔✔A nurse who consults with legal professionals
and others about
medical aspects of legal claims or issues. Legal nurse consultants normally must have
at least a bachelor's degree in
nursing and a significant amount of nursing experience.
✔✔legal technician (or independent paralegal) - ✔✔A paralegal who offers services
directly to the public, normally
for a fee, without attorney supervision. Independent paralegals
assist customers by supplying them with forms and procedural
knowledge relating to simple or routine legal procedures.
North Carolina does not allow paralegals to offer services
directly to the public.
✔✔legal-assistant manager - ✔✔An employee in a law firm who is responsible for
overseeing the paralegal staff and paralegal professional development.
✔✔legislative rule - ✔✔A rule created by an administrative agency that is as legally
binding as a law enacted by legislature.
✔✔letter of engagement - ✔✔A document that defines the legal relationship between a
professional firm and its client(s). This letter states the terms and conditions of the
engagement, principally addressing the scope of the engagement and the terms of
compensation for the firm.
✔✔letter of intent - ✔✔A written statement expressing the intention of the undersigned
to enter into a formal agreement, especially a business arrangement or transaction.
