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30 Cards in this Set
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Retainer
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An amount of money (or other property) paid by a client as a deposit or advance against future fees, costs, and expenses of providing services.
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Engagement Letter
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A letter that identifies the score of services to be provided by a professional and the payments to be made for such services.
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Letter of Nonengagement
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A letter sent to a prospective client that explicitly states that the law office will not be representing him or her.
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Declination
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A formal rejection.
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Re
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Concerning. (In Re: "In the matter of")
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Ground
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A reason that is legally sufficient to obtain a remedy or other result.
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Fact Particularization
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A fact gathering technique to generate a large list of factual questions to help obtain a specific picture of all available facts relevant to a legal issue.
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Analogy
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A comparison of similarities and differences.
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Bias
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An inclination or tendency to think and to act in a certain way. A danger of prejudgment. Prejudice for or against something or someone.
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Objectivity
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The state of being dispassionate; the absence of bias.
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Hypothetical
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Not actual or real but presented for purposes of discussion or analysis.
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Jargon
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Technical language; words that do not have an everyday meaning.
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Open-Ended Question
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A broad, unstructured question that rarely can be answered in one or two words.
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Overview Question
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An open-ended question that asks for a summary of an event or condition.
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Close-Ended Question
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A narrowly structured question that usually can be answered in one or two words, a.k.a. a directed question.
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Leading Question
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A question that suggests an answer within the question.
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Corroborative Question
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A question designed to verify facts by seeking information beyond what is provided.
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Combination Question
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A question that has more that one part.
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Inference
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A deduction or conclusion reached from facts.
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Legal Investigation
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The process of gathering additional facts and verifying presently known facts in order to advise a client on how to solve or avoid a legal problem.
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Impeach
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To challenge; to attack the credibility of.
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Parol Evidence
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Evidence of an oral statement.
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Judgment Creditor
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The person to whom a court-awarded money judgements is owed.
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Judgment Debtor
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The person ordered by a court to pay a money judgment.
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Skiptracing
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Efforts to locate a person or assets.
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Admission
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An assertion of the truth of a fact.
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Stipulation
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An agreement between opposing parties about a particular matter.
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Judicial Notice
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A court's acceptance of a well-known fact without requiring prof of that fact.
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Litigious
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Prone to engage in litigation and disputes. Quarrelsome.
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Impaneled
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Selected and sworn in (referring to a jury).
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