Paralegal Core Competency Exam questions and answers
graded A+
1. Abatement Process of selling estate property to pay debts.
2. Abatement A deduction from the rent owed for the diminishment in value of the
of Rent premises caused by the lack of maintenance.
3. Abstract of Title Chronological summary of all oflcial records and recorded documents
attecting the title to a parcel of land.
4. Accord and The payment of money, or other valuable consideration (usually
Satis- faction less than the amount owed), in exchange for extinguishment of a
debt. There must be an express or implied agreement that
accepting the smaller sum discharges the obligation to pay the
larger sum.
5. Acquittal The legal certification that an accused person is not guilty of the charged
ottense.
6. Actual Notice Direct knowledge a person has about the ownership and condition of
title of real property.
7. Actus Reus Latin term: "guilt act." The wrongful deed that comprises the physical
components of a crime and that generally must be coupled with mens
rea to establish criminal liability.
8. Administrativ Direc- tive
e Authority
11. Advance Sheets
9. Administrato
r
(male)/Admini
s- tratrix
(female)
10. Advance
1/
78
,Paralegal Core Competency Exam questions and answers
graded A+
Rules, regulations and
decisions enacted by
federal, state and local
agencies; also includes
executive orders for of
the President/Governor.
Personal representative
appointed by the court
when there is no valid will.
Document that expresses
the health care wishes of
the signor.
2/
78
,Paralegal Core Competency Exam questions and answers
graded A+
Contains recent cases or statutes enacted or decided after the
hardbound volume was published. The documents in the
will be included in the next
hardbound volume of the published set.
12. Adverse
Posses- sion Acquiring title through taking possession of land that belongs to
another without the owner's consent and retaining possession for a
statutory amount of time.
It must be: (i) hostile, meaning it must be without the owner's
consent; (ii); actual, meaning there must be physical dominion and
control exerted over the property; (iii) open and notorious, meaning
anyone would be able to determine possession for the entire statutory
period; and (v) exclusive, meaning that the adverse possessor cannot
share use of the land in question with its title owner.
13. Affidavit A sworn statement in writing, made under oath.
14. Affirmative A fact raised by the defendant that constitutes a defense to the
De- fense complaint.
(civil)
15. Affirmative A set of facts that tend to excuse the defendant from the crime with
De- fense which they have been charged.
(criminal)
16. Alimony An award of money given from one spouse to the other. Duration
of can be for a very specific time period and will
automatically terminate upon a specific date, or it may be unlimited,
terminating only upon the death of the payor spouse or the payee
spouse. is also known as "Spousal Separate Maintenance"
and/or "Spousal Support." It is important to note that, in some
jurisdictions, spousal support and are
ditterent.
3/
78
,Paralegal Core Competency Exam questions and answers
graded A+
17. Alimony Pen- An award of money given from one spouse to the other prior to
dente Lite entry of a final decree; more literally, pending the litigation.
(APL)
Published in a series; a secondary legal authority that publishes
18. American selected cases followed by extensive articles (a/k/a annotations) which
Law Reports discuss the issues raised.
(ALR)
19. Ancestor Relative of a previous generation.
4/
78
graded A+
1. Abatement Process of selling estate property to pay debts.
2. Abatement A deduction from the rent owed for the diminishment in value of the
of Rent premises caused by the lack of maintenance.
3. Abstract of Title Chronological summary of all oflcial records and recorded documents
attecting the title to a parcel of land.
4. Accord and The payment of money, or other valuable consideration (usually
Satis- faction less than the amount owed), in exchange for extinguishment of a
debt. There must be an express or implied agreement that
accepting the smaller sum discharges the obligation to pay the
larger sum.
5. Acquittal The legal certification that an accused person is not guilty of the charged
ottense.
6. Actual Notice Direct knowledge a person has about the ownership and condition of
title of real property.
7. Actus Reus Latin term: "guilt act." The wrongful deed that comprises the physical
components of a crime and that generally must be coupled with mens
rea to establish criminal liability.
8. Administrativ Direc- tive
e Authority
11. Advance Sheets
9. Administrato
r
(male)/Admini
s- tratrix
(female)
10. Advance
1/
78
,Paralegal Core Competency Exam questions and answers
graded A+
Rules, regulations and
decisions enacted by
federal, state and local
agencies; also includes
executive orders for of
the President/Governor.
Personal representative
appointed by the court
when there is no valid will.
Document that expresses
the health care wishes of
the signor.
2/
78
,Paralegal Core Competency Exam questions and answers
graded A+
Contains recent cases or statutes enacted or decided after the
hardbound volume was published. The documents in the
will be included in the next
hardbound volume of the published set.
12. Adverse
Posses- sion Acquiring title through taking possession of land that belongs to
another without the owner's consent and retaining possession for a
statutory amount of time.
It must be: (i) hostile, meaning it must be without the owner's
consent; (ii); actual, meaning there must be physical dominion and
control exerted over the property; (iii) open and notorious, meaning
anyone would be able to determine possession for the entire statutory
period; and (v) exclusive, meaning that the adverse possessor cannot
share use of the land in question with its title owner.
13. Affidavit A sworn statement in writing, made under oath.
14. Affirmative A fact raised by the defendant that constitutes a defense to the
De- fense complaint.
(civil)
15. Affirmative A set of facts that tend to excuse the defendant from the crime with
De- fense which they have been charged.
(criminal)
16. Alimony An award of money given from one spouse to the other. Duration
of can be for a very specific time period and will
automatically terminate upon a specific date, or it may be unlimited,
terminating only upon the death of the payor spouse or the payee
spouse. is also known as "Spousal Separate Maintenance"
and/or "Spousal Support." It is important to note that, in some
jurisdictions, spousal support and are
ditterent.
3/
78
,Paralegal Core Competency Exam questions and answers
graded A+
17. Alimony Pen- An award of money given from one spouse to the other prior to
dente Lite entry of a final decree; more literally, pending the litigation.
(APL)
Published in a series; a secondary legal authority that publishes
18. American selected cases followed by extensive articles (a/k/a annotations) which
Law Reports discuss the issues raised.
(ALR)
19. Ancestor Relative of a previous generation.
4/
78
