Core Grammar for Lawyers Post Test

The prophecies of what the courts will do are what I mean by the law.

<p>Third, some attorneys focus on property and real estate transactions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>&quot;The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what [those who died] did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.&quot;</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In order to be eligible for employment in state government, an applicant must present one of the following forms of identification: a passport, a valid driver's license, and a social security card.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The chef cooks the chicken, prepares the salad, and bakes the cake.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Italics may be used for foreign phrases that are not used commonly in legal writing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Roger, part of a group of convicted felons, meets with his parole officer each week.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The attorney argued that 'reasonable effort' should be construed as meaning what an average person would do.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>with her worried parents; during visiting hours</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>You should put double quotation marks around the block quotation and single quotation marks around the internal quotation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The plaintiff does not claim that the defendant's actions constitute a breach of the agreement; the plaintiff only alleges unfair and deceptive trade practices on the part of the defendant.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Once you have created your lead-in (introductory) stem, then all listed items come immediately below it, with no extra space after the stem, and justified to both the left-hand and the right-hand margins.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>a.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>Before the guests arrive, the following tasks must be completed: vacuuming the living room and, also, the hallway; cutting the grass in the front yard; and cooking dinner.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'[T]he only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Crimes against persons include (1) murder, (2) rape, and (3) assault.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Jim Warren, a constitutional law professor, sued Tom Baxter, a contracts professor.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The witness raised his right hand, swore an oath, and told the truth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He paid $165 for his constitutional law textbook.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Article I Section 8 of the Constitution gives Congress the power to raise armies, to borrow money, to coin money, and to regulate commerce.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It was raining when she crossed the defendant's property as usual.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The defense filed an answer with the court, responded to the plaintiff's complaint, and moved to suppress evidence.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>The quotation contains forty-eight words and spans three lines of text, and the author does not need to draw special attention to it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>I am going back to my office to work on the Stravinsky brief, which is going to take most of the day to finish.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>on the property</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Each item must always be separated by a comma.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Everyone in the conspiracy was present when the FBI raided the house.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Furthermore, Thus</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>This eyewitness's account does not match the Defendant's story.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Quotation marks may be used to separate a nickname from a proper name (like Senator Edward 'Ted' Kennedy).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Did you hear the defendant say, 'I will go to court in a suit'?</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gordon Smith, a twelve-year-old boy from Minnesota, was entitled to reasonable accommodations on his entry examination.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Stellar masses cannot be determined by the unaided eye.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>While we acknowledge the two defendants' rights, it is clear that those rights were deliberately waived.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The court said the standard of behavior is that of a 'reasonably prudent person.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>While the rules governing plagiarism in scholarly settings are stable across most academic disciplines, the conventions regarding the use of another's words in the practice of law are somewhat unique.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The firm employs over 10,000 associates internationally.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>On December 2, 2000, Fisher and Watkins arrived at Winston's building.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Double quotation marks ('...') on each end of the material.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Without a relevant precedent, this Court must consider each of the elements of a public disturbance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The defendant built a tree house in the plaintiff's two-hundred-year-old live oak.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The university is facing a lawsuit by one of its students.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Supreme Court Justices were interviewing new clerks.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>1.item</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The firm, having lost a suit brought by its employees, files for bankruptcy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The team sued its manager, and the stadium moved to intervene because it felt it had an unrepresented stake in the conflict.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Clara's accident was caused by her negligence in the operation of her vehicle and in its maintenance. That is the reason my client is not liable for the accident.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mary realized quickly that she failed to sign the addendum.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A basement that is used as a sleeping quarters meets the requirements of a sleeping apartment, even if it is used only occasionally., 434 S.E.2d 881 (N.C.Ct.App. 1993).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Consequently, Mr. Andrews was issued a citation and fined.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He hit Mr. Edwards in the head with the butt of the gun, and then both he and Watkins fled.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He hit Mr. Edwards in the head with the butt of the gun, and then both he and Watkins fled.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The defendant owns real estate in the following cities: Atlanta, Georgia; Raleigh, North Carolina; and Richmond, Virginia.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Although the document was in an obvious place—in the case file on the floor next to her desk—Ms. Jones could not locate the document for several months.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Martin Luther King, Jr., believed that the United States could someday become a country where all people would be judged not 'by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fisher's actions may satisfy both elements of the statute, and this charge should be brought against him.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Steer far wider of the unlawful zone</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>This is the defendant's appeal that I will file with the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The associate attorney is grateful for her highly efficient, organized legal assistant.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The United States Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>All relevant memos and briefs are in the case file.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The lead-in stem of a tabulated list should be separated from any preceding text and must be indented one tab from the left margin.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The plaintiff sued to hurt the defendant.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>I want the file box on my desk by nine tomorrow; clear it first and then clip related documents together inside it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Who among the parties will our firm be representing?</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Meanwhile, the defendant watched the victim eyeing a designer handbag in the boutique window.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>You should put quotation marks at the beginning and end of the block quotation and use single quotation marks around the internal quotation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The plaintiff decided to bring a lawsuit against the defendant.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Seven hundred plaintiffs joined the class action suit.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In practice, a group of agencies handles much of the legal rule-making in the United States.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A block quotation should be right-hand justified but only if the document in which it is included is right-hand justified.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Tomorrow will be the twenty-second anniversary of the judge's graduation from law school.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Payment: pay</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights....'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The State brought three charges against the defendant: 1) murder, 2) rape, and 3) arson.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The proliferation of informal writing (via email, text message, Twitter, and blogs) has caused some scholarly and legal publications to relax their standards.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Intent to commit the felony of second-degree burglary is usually proven by circumstantial evidence, 308 S.E.2d 512 (N.C.Ct.App. 1983), absent a confession or a completed larceny.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The court used Black's Law Dictionary to define 'practicable' as 'that which is performable.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'Such a comparison promotes the court's 'central' responsibility to 'make the assessment of what is a reasonable fee under the circumstances of the case.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>However / Therefore</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Law enforcement officers may not use deadly force to effect an arrest unless one of these requirements is satisfied: (1) the officer is threatened with death or serious bodily harm or (2) a third party is threatened with death or serious bodily harm.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Courts have expanded the meaning of 'diversity' as a legal concept so that its original meaning—a 'doorway' for racial integration—is now far too limited.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Although Noelle would like to take all of the following classes, she can only fit one into her schedule: International Law, Business Associations, or Advanced Legal Writing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>No option provided.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The defendant hid the knife after robbing the liquor store in a coffee can.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Although Mary was drinking, she did not drive.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Bar Association convention was deemed 'a success.' The President said, 'It will be hard to match this one.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>If the suspect were to run, she would be pursued.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Our client, Mr. James Fisher, has been a real estate broker in this town for fifteen years.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>At his retirement banquet, the Justice said, 'We can do no better than to remember Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes's observation that the prophecies of what the courts will do...are what I mean by the law.'</p> Signup and view all the answers