NC PARALEGAL 2026 TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔statue of limitations - ✔✔A statute setting the maximum time period within which
certain actions can be brought or rights enforced. After the period of time has run, no
legal action can be brought.
✔✔statutory law - ✔✔The body of written laws enacted by the legislature.
✔✔stockholder - ✔✔One who owns a share or shares of stock in a company. Also
called stockowner.
✔✔strict liability - ✔✔Liability regardless of fault. In tort law, strict liability may be
imposed on a merchant who introduces into commerce a good that is so defective as to
be unreasonably dangerous.
✔✔structured sentencing - ✔✔A set of guidelines for determining an offender's
sentence.
✔✔submissive agreement - ✔✔A written agreement to submit a legal dispute to an
arbitrator or arbitrating panel for resolution.
✔✔subpoena - ✔✔A document commanding a person to appear at a certain time and
place to give testimony concerning a certain matter.
✔✔subpoena duces tecum - ✔✔A writ issued by a court at the request of one of the
parties to a suit; it requires a witness to bring to court or to a deposition any relevant
documents under the witness's control.
✔✔substantive law - ✔✔Law that defines the rights and duties of individuals with
respect to each other, as opposed to procedural law, which defines the manner in which
these rights and duties may be enforced.
, ✔✔summary jury trial (SJT) - ✔✔A method of settling disputes (used in some federal
courts) in
which a trial is held but the jury's verdict is not binding. The verdict only acts as a guide
to both sides in reaching an agreement during the mandatory negotiations that
immediately
follow the trial. If a settlement is not reached, both sides have the right to a full trial later.
✔✔summons - ✔✔A document served on a defendant in a lawsuit informing the
defendant that a legal action has been commenced against the defendant and that the
defendant must appear in court or respond to the plaintiff's complaint within a specified
period of time.
✔✔support personnel - ✔✔Employees who provide clerical, secretarial, or other support
to the legal, paralegal, and administrative staff of a law firm.
✔✔supporting affidavit - ✔✔An affidavit accompanying a motion that is filed by an
attorney
on behalf of a client. The sworn statements in the affidavit provide a factual basis for the
motion.
✔✔supremacy clause - ✔✔The provision in Article VI of the U.S. Constitution that
declares
the Constitution, laws, and treaties of the United States are
"the supreme Law of the Land."
✔✔surname - ✔✔A name shared in common to identify the members of a family,
as distinguished from each member's given name. Also called
family name or last name.
✔✔suspension - ✔✔A serious disciplinary sanction in which an attorney who has
violated an ethical rule or a law is prohibited from practicing law in the state for a
specified or indefinite period of time.
✔✔syllabus - ✔✔A brief summary of the holding and legal principles involved in
a reported case, which is followed by the court's official opinion.
✔✔table of cases - ✔✔An alphabetical list of the cases that have been cited or
reproduced in a legal text, case digest, or other legal source.
✔✔tenancy by the entirety - ✔✔A type of concurrent estate in real property held by a
husband and wife whereby each owns the undivided whole of the property.
✔✔tenancy in common - ✔✔A from of co-ownership of property in which each party
owns an undivided interest that passes to his or her heirs at death.
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔statue of limitations - ✔✔A statute setting the maximum time period within which
certain actions can be brought or rights enforced. After the period of time has run, no
legal action can be brought.
✔✔statutory law - ✔✔The body of written laws enacted by the legislature.
✔✔stockholder - ✔✔One who owns a share or shares of stock in a company. Also
called stockowner.
✔✔strict liability - ✔✔Liability regardless of fault. In tort law, strict liability may be
imposed on a merchant who introduces into commerce a good that is so defective as to
be unreasonably dangerous.
✔✔structured sentencing - ✔✔A set of guidelines for determining an offender's
sentence.
✔✔submissive agreement - ✔✔A written agreement to submit a legal dispute to an
arbitrator or arbitrating panel for resolution.
✔✔subpoena - ✔✔A document commanding a person to appear at a certain time and
place to give testimony concerning a certain matter.
✔✔subpoena duces tecum - ✔✔A writ issued by a court at the request of one of the
parties to a suit; it requires a witness to bring to court or to a deposition any relevant
documents under the witness's control.
✔✔substantive law - ✔✔Law that defines the rights and duties of individuals with
respect to each other, as opposed to procedural law, which defines the manner in which
these rights and duties may be enforced.
, ✔✔summary jury trial (SJT) - ✔✔A method of settling disputes (used in some federal
courts) in
which a trial is held but the jury's verdict is not binding. The verdict only acts as a guide
to both sides in reaching an agreement during the mandatory negotiations that
immediately
follow the trial. If a settlement is not reached, both sides have the right to a full trial later.
✔✔summons - ✔✔A document served on a defendant in a lawsuit informing the
defendant that a legal action has been commenced against the defendant and that the
defendant must appear in court or respond to the plaintiff's complaint within a specified
period of time.
✔✔support personnel - ✔✔Employees who provide clerical, secretarial, or other support
to the legal, paralegal, and administrative staff of a law firm.
✔✔supporting affidavit - ✔✔An affidavit accompanying a motion that is filed by an
attorney
on behalf of a client. The sworn statements in the affidavit provide a factual basis for the
motion.
✔✔supremacy clause - ✔✔The provision in Article VI of the U.S. Constitution that
declares
the Constitution, laws, and treaties of the United States are
"the supreme Law of the Land."
✔✔surname - ✔✔A name shared in common to identify the members of a family,
as distinguished from each member's given name. Also called
family name or last name.
✔✔suspension - ✔✔A serious disciplinary sanction in which an attorney who has
violated an ethical rule or a law is prohibited from practicing law in the state for a
specified or indefinite period of time.
✔✔syllabus - ✔✔A brief summary of the holding and legal principles involved in
a reported case, which is followed by the court's official opinion.
✔✔table of cases - ✔✔An alphabetical list of the cases that have been cited or
reproduced in a legal text, case digest, or other legal source.
✔✔tenancy by the entirety - ✔✔A type of concurrent estate in real property held by a
husband and wife whereby each owns the undivided whole of the property.
✔✔tenancy in common - ✔✔A from of co-ownership of property in which each party
owns an undivided interest that passes to his or her heirs at death.
