PARALEGALS 101 Exam- Solved 100%

A note near the beginning of a reported case summarizing the court's ruling on an issue of law is called: - ANSWER-A headnote _______ is the portion of the court's reasoning that is not essential to the case at hand and that is nonbinding. This portion includes comments used by the court to illustrate an example and statements concerning a rule of law that is not essential to the case at hand. - ANSWER-Dicta A ____________ is a letter that states the substance of a previously conducted verbal discussion to provide a permanent record of the conversation. - ANSWER-confirmation letter A second (or third) citation to another case reporter in which a case has been published is called: - ANSWER-A parallel citation ____________ include decisions of the courts in the United States, statutes, rules and regulations, presidential orders, and any documents that establish the law. - ANSWER-Primary sources The time factor is an important consideration in legal writing. Sometimes you will be required to submit writings to a court by a certain date, which _________. - ANSWER-is inflexible What is true about opinion letters? - ANSWER-Opinion letters must be signed by attorneys. A brief summary of the holding and legal principles involved in a reported case, which is followed by the court's official opinion is called: - ANSWER-A syllabus The online citator for Lexis is __________. - ANSWER-Shepard's A sentence written in a subject-verb-object sentence structure is written in the __________. - ANSWER-active voice What is NOT an advantage of online legal research? - ANSWER-The ability to locate and print court cases and statutory provisions. A publication in which court cases are published is called: - ANSWER-A reporter An adversarial letter that attempts to persuade the reader to accept a position that is favorable to the writer's client is called: - ANSWER-A demand letter What information does Shepard's Citations NOT provide? - ANSWER-KeyCites