NC PARALEGAL COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔reply brief - ✔✔An appellate brief filed by the appellant to rebut (counter) arguments
made by the appellee in the appellee's brief.
✔✔reporter - ✔✔A book in which court cases are published or reported.
✔✔reprimand - ✔✔A disciplinary sanction in which an attorney is rebuked for the
attorney's misbehavior. Although a reprimand is the mildest
sanction for attorney misconduct, it is nonetheless a serious
one and may significantly damage the attorney's reputation in
the legal community.
✔✔rescission - ✔✔A remedy whereby a contract is terminated and the parties are
returned to the positions they occupied before the contract was made.
✔✔residuary clause - ✔✔Any portion of the testator's estate that is not specifically
devised to someone in the will or any property that is part of a specific devise that fails.
✔✔respondeat superior - ✔✔A doctrine in agency law under which a principal-employer
may
be held liable for the wrongful acts committed by agents or
employees while acting within the scope of their agency or
employment.
✔✔responsible corporate officer doctrine - ✔✔A common law doctrine under which the
court may impose
criminal liability on a corporate officer for actions of employees
under the officer's supervision regardless of whether the officer
participated in, directed, or even knew about those actions.
, ✔✔restitution - ✔✔An equitable remedy under which a person is restored to that
person's original position prior to loss or injury, or placed in the
position that person would have been in had the breach not
occurred.
✔✔restraining order - ✔✔A court order that requires one person (such as an abusing
spouse) to stay away from another (such as an abused spouse).
✔✔retainer - ✔✔An advance payment made by a client to a law firm to cover
part of the legal fees and/or costs that will need to be incurred
on that client's behalf.
✔✔retainer agreement - ✔✔A signed document stating that the attorney or the law firm
has
been hired by the client to provide certain legal services and that the client agrees to
pay for those services in accordance with the terms set forth in the retainer agreement.
✔✔return-of-service form - ✔✔A document signed by a process server and submitted to
the court to prove that a defendant received a summons.
✔✔reverse - ✔✔To overturn the judgment of a lower court.
✔✔right of survivorship - ✔✔The right of the other owner(s) to continue to own the
property when one owner dies.
✔✔robbery - ✔✔The taking of money, personal property, or any other article of value
from a person by means of force or fear.
✔✔rule against perpetuities - ✔✔The rule in common law that invalidates certain future
interests.
✔✔rule of four - ✔✔A rule of the US Supreme Court under which the Court will not issue
a writ of certiorari unless at least four justices approve of the decision to issue the writ.
✔✔rulemaking - ✔✔The actions undertaken by administrative agencies when formally
adopting new regulations or amending old ones.
✔✔rules of construction - ✔✔The rules that control the judicial interpretation of statutes.
✔✔rules of evidence - ✔✔Rules governing the admissibility of evidenece in trial courts.
✔✔sales contract - ✔✔A contract for the sale of goods, as opposed to a contract for the
sale of services, real property, or intangible property. Sales contracts are governed by
Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔reply brief - ✔✔An appellate brief filed by the appellant to rebut (counter) arguments
made by the appellee in the appellee's brief.
✔✔reporter - ✔✔A book in which court cases are published or reported.
✔✔reprimand - ✔✔A disciplinary sanction in which an attorney is rebuked for the
attorney's misbehavior. Although a reprimand is the mildest
sanction for attorney misconduct, it is nonetheless a serious
one and may significantly damage the attorney's reputation in
the legal community.
✔✔rescission - ✔✔A remedy whereby a contract is terminated and the parties are
returned to the positions they occupied before the contract was made.
✔✔residuary clause - ✔✔Any portion of the testator's estate that is not specifically
devised to someone in the will or any property that is part of a specific devise that fails.
✔✔respondeat superior - ✔✔A doctrine in agency law under which a principal-employer
may
be held liable for the wrongful acts committed by agents or
employees while acting within the scope of their agency or
employment.
✔✔responsible corporate officer doctrine - ✔✔A common law doctrine under which the
court may impose
criminal liability on a corporate officer for actions of employees
under the officer's supervision regardless of whether the officer
participated in, directed, or even knew about those actions.
, ✔✔restitution - ✔✔An equitable remedy under which a person is restored to that
person's original position prior to loss or injury, or placed in the
position that person would have been in had the breach not
occurred.
✔✔restraining order - ✔✔A court order that requires one person (such as an abusing
spouse) to stay away from another (such as an abused spouse).
✔✔retainer - ✔✔An advance payment made by a client to a law firm to cover
part of the legal fees and/or costs that will need to be incurred
on that client's behalf.
✔✔retainer agreement - ✔✔A signed document stating that the attorney or the law firm
has
been hired by the client to provide certain legal services and that the client agrees to
pay for those services in accordance with the terms set forth in the retainer agreement.
✔✔return-of-service form - ✔✔A document signed by a process server and submitted to
the court to prove that a defendant received a summons.
✔✔reverse - ✔✔To overturn the judgment of a lower court.
✔✔right of survivorship - ✔✔The right of the other owner(s) to continue to own the
property when one owner dies.
✔✔robbery - ✔✔The taking of money, personal property, or any other article of value
from a person by means of force or fear.
✔✔rule against perpetuities - ✔✔The rule in common law that invalidates certain future
interests.
✔✔rule of four - ✔✔A rule of the US Supreme Court under which the Court will not issue
a writ of certiorari unless at least four justices approve of the decision to issue the writ.
✔✔rulemaking - ✔✔The actions undertaken by administrative agencies when formally
adopting new regulations or amending old ones.
✔✔rules of construction - ✔✔The rules that control the judicial interpretation of statutes.
✔✔rules of evidence - ✔✔Rules governing the admissibility of evidenece in trial courts.
✔✔sales contract - ✔✔A contract for the sale of goods, as opposed to a contract for the
sale of services, real property, or intangible property. Sales contracts are governed by
Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
