Civics Chapter Test
Terms
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- Inferior Courts
- courts of lower authority
- Criminal Cases
- Cases in which juries decide whether people have committed crimes
- Civil Cases
- Cases in which two sides disagree over some issue
- Suit
- Complaint the first person makes to the court
- Jurisdiction
- the authority to hear and decide a case
- Subpoena
- A court order requiring someone to appear in court
- District Court
- federal courts where trials are held and lawsuits begun
- Court of Appeals
- the court above the district courts
- Magistrate
- issues court orders and hears the preliminary evidence in a case to determine whether the case should be brought to trial
- Remand
- Return the case to a lower court for a new trial
- Judicial Review
- the court can review any federal or state law to see if it is in agreement with the Constitution
- Unconstitutional
- in conflict with the Constitution
- Brief
- a written argument that an attorney has prepared
- Docket
- the court calender
- Writ of Certiorari
- "to make more certain" directs a lower court to send its records on a case to the Supreme Court to review
- Majority Opinion
- A statement explaining the majority view in a case in which the justicies are dividing
- Dissenting Opinion
- written statement of the judge that disagrees with the majority