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NC PARALEGAL EXAM A-C QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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NC PARALEGAL EXAM A-C QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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1-164 of 164to violate a legal duty by an act or a failure to act
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breach
a case presenting a legal issue that has not yet been addressed by a court in a
particular jurisdiction
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case of first impression
a theory in tort law under which the liability for injuries resulting from negligent acts is
shared by all persons who were guilty of negligence (including the injured party) on
the basis of each person's proportionate carelessness
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comparative negligence
A procedure in which persons become the legal parents of a child who is not their
biological child.
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Adoption
A provision at the end of an instrument where the witnesses certify that the instrument
has been executed before them, and the manner of the execution of the same. It
states that the instrument has been completed in the manner required by law in the
presence of the witnesses who placed their signatures in the designated spaces.
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attestation clause
,defined in ten states as all property acquired during the marriage, except for
inheritances or gifts received during the marriage by either marital partner. Each
spouse has a one half ownership interest in community property
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community property
law that governs the formation, financing, merger, and acquisition, and dissolution or
liquidation of corporations as well as the rights and duties of those who own and run
the corporation
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corporate law
a person who commits the crime of stalking in cyerspace
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cyber stalker
A guilty (prohibited) act. The commission of a prohibited act is one of the two
essential elements required for criminal liability; the other element is the intent to
commit a crime.
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, Actus Reus
causation brought about by an act or omission without which an event would not
have occurred
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causation in fact
the body of federal law that governs bankruptcy proceedings. The goals of
bankruptcy law are (1) to protect a debtor by giving the debtor a fresh start, free from
creditors' claims and (2) to ensure that creditors who are competing for a debtors
assets are treated fairly
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bankruptcy law
In the context of ADR, the decision rendered by an arbitrator.
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award
something of value, such as money or the performance of an action not otherwise
required, that motivates the formation of a contract. Each party must give
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