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  • noun Plural form of paralegal.

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Examples

  • Cheryl would give certain paralegals rights to sign her name, because most of the time she was very tired exhausted from signing her name numerous times per day.

    'Foreclosure Mill' Employees Got Gifts For Altering Documents, Witness Says The Huffington Post 2010

  • Cheryl would give certain paralegals rights to sign her name, because most of the time she was very tired exhausted from signing her name numerous times per day.

    'Foreclosure Mill' Employees Got Gifts For Altering Documents, Witness Says The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Cheryl would give certain paralegals rights to sign her name, because most of the time she was very tired exhausted from signing her name numerous times per day.

    'Foreclosure Mill' Employees Got Gifts For Altering Documents, Witness Says The Huffington Post 2010

  • In the United States of America, there is a clear distinction between qualified lawyers and other members of the legal profession who are known as "paralegals" - persons trained in subsidiary legal matters.

    Archive 2002-05-01 2002

  • The bill seeks to make it easier for so-called paralegals to appear in court on behalf of clients.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

  • Critics also warn the ruling could allow agencies to claim attorney-client privilege on records prepared by other employees, such as paralegals and investigators....

    Archive 2005-03-13 2005

  • The lawyer is the public face of our justice system, but "paralegals", basically law assistants, keep things humming in the background of most firms.

    kare11.com - Top Stories News 2009

  • Tim Kosnoff, Joel Salmi, Jim Hillas, and Jeff Anderson were all there, along with the two paralegals who had managed the operations and the materials and the multitude of other parts of the process.

    The Sins of Brother Curtis Lisa Davis 2011

  • Dunn, Carney was the sort of big legal corporation where lawyers specialized in practice areas, under which various departments of civil law are organized, all with the support of paralegals and secretaries and big budgets.

    The Sins of Brother Curtis Lisa Davis 2011

  • The program also trains hospital staff to become paralegals who know the law and how to enforce it.

    Vivian Glyck: Is Crime and Punishment TV Helpful? Vivian Glyck 2011

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