Test Bank For Legal Research and Writing for Paralegals 9th
Edition By Deborah E. Bouchoux
Legal Dictionay - ANSWER:a dictionary defining and explaining legal terms
Legal Thesaurus - ANSWER:a book providing synonyms for legal words
Index - ANSWER:a list of words and phrases that reflect the topics covered in the
book
Legal Citations - ANSWER:special abbreviations used to describe resource material
Federalism - ANSWER:a system of government in which the people ae regulated by
both federal and state government
Primary Source - ANSWER:a work that contains the law
Code Books - ANSWER:books that contain codes or statutes.
Case Reporter - ANSWER:books that contain case decisions from the courts
CD-Rom Libraries - ANSWER:legal materials, either primary or secondary sources,
stored on cd-roms
Lexis - ANSWER:a computer assisted legal research service
WestLaw - ANSWER:a computer assisted legal research service
Law Library - ANSWER:a library that is dedicated to legal rersource material
Table of Contents - ANSWER:an outline of the material covered in the book or
document
Table of Cases - ANSWER:a common feature of legal publications containing the
names of all cases cited in the book or document
Table of Statutes - ANSWER:a common feature of legal publications containing an
explanation of all abbreviations found in the book
Table of Abbreviations - ANSWER:a common feature of legal publications containing
an explanation of all abbreviations found in the book.
Pocket Part - ANSWER:a removable supplement; includes all the changes or
additions to the material contained in the hardbound volume
, Affirm - ANSWER:to uphold; in connection with an appeal to uphold the lower courts
decision
Appeal - ANSWER:review of a lower courts decision
Appellant - ANSWER:one who appeals
Appellee - ANSWER:party in an appeal who did not file the appeal
Motion for Summary Judgment - ANSWER:asks the court to grant a judgment in that
party's favor without a trial
Real Property in interest - ANSWER:a party who has a true interest in the action
Remand - ANSWER:send the case back to the lower court to be tried again
Respondent - ANSWER:The Defendant in a lawsuit answering a charge.
Reverse - ANSWER:to change
Writ of Certiorari - ANSWER:a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of
inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case
Writ of Mandate - ANSWER:an order from one court to an agency or lower court
directing that it do something or refrain from doing something.
Writ of Habeas Corpus - ANSWER:a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a
judge
Case Law - ANSWER:precedents from both civil and criminal court cases
Precendent - ANSWER:court decision that stands as an example to be followed in
future similar cases
Legal Analysis - ANSWER:the process of comparing and contrasting facts and the
legal issues.
Question Presented - ANSWER:a statement of the legal issue presented to the court
for resolution.
Pleadings - ANSWER:Statements made by the plaintiff and the defendant in a lawsuit
that detail the facts, charges, and defenses involved in the litigation. The complaint
and answer are part of the pleadings.
Cause of Action - ANSWER:The legal theory of the complaint (e.g., negligence)
Edition By Deborah E. Bouchoux
Legal Dictionay - ANSWER:a dictionary defining and explaining legal terms
Legal Thesaurus - ANSWER:a book providing synonyms for legal words
Index - ANSWER:a list of words and phrases that reflect the topics covered in the
book
Legal Citations - ANSWER:special abbreviations used to describe resource material
Federalism - ANSWER:a system of government in which the people ae regulated by
both federal and state government
Primary Source - ANSWER:a work that contains the law
Code Books - ANSWER:books that contain codes or statutes.
Case Reporter - ANSWER:books that contain case decisions from the courts
CD-Rom Libraries - ANSWER:legal materials, either primary or secondary sources,
stored on cd-roms
Lexis - ANSWER:a computer assisted legal research service
WestLaw - ANSWER:a computer assisted legal research service
Law Library - ANSWER:a library that is dedicated to legal rersource material
Table of Contents - ANSWER:an outline of the material covered in the book or
document
Table of Cases - ANSWER:a common feature of legal publications containing the
names of all cases cited in the book or document
Table of Statutes - ANSWER:a common feature of legal publications containing an
explanation of all abbreviations found in the book
Table of Abbreviations - ANSWER:a common feature of legal publications containing
an explanation of all abbreviations found in the book.
Pocket Part - ANSWER:a removable supplement; includes all the changes or
additions to the material contained in the hardbound volume
, Affirm - ANSWER:to uphold; in connection with an appeal to uphold the lower courts
decision
Appeal - ANSWER:review of a lower courts decision
Appellant - ANSWER:one who appeals
Appellee - ANSWER:party in an appeal who did not file the appeal
Motion for Summary Judgment - ANSWER:asks the court to grant a judgment in that
party's favor without a trial
Real Property in interest - ANSWER:a party who has a true interest in the action
Remand - ANSWER:send the case back to the lower court to be tried again
Respondent - ANSWER:The Defendant in a lawsuit answering a charge.
Reverse - ANSWER:to change
Writ of Certiorari - ANSWER:a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of
inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case
Writ of Mandate - ANSWER:an order from one court to an agency or lower court
directing that it do something or refrain from doing something.
Writ of Habeas Corpus - ANSWER:a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a
judge
Case Law - ANSWER:precedents from both civil and criminal court cases
Precendent - ANSWER:court decision that stands as an example to be followed in
future similar cases
Legal Analysis - ANSWER:the process of comparing and contrasting facts and the
legal issues.
Question Presented - ANSWER:a statement of the legal issue presented to the court
for resolution.
Pleadings - ANSWER:Statements made by the plaintiff and the defendant in a lawsuit
that detail the facts, charges, and defenses involved in the litigation. The complaint
and answer are part of the pleadings.
Cause of Action - ANSWER:The legal theory of the complaint (e.g., negligence)
