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14 Cards in this Set
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Inferior trial courts |
Hear minor criminal cases, such a traffic offenses and civil cases involving small amounts of money. Conducts preliminary hearings in more serious criminal cases |
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Special courts |
Trial courts such as probate courts and family courts. Having jurisdiction over a particular area of state law |
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Appellate courts |
Include one or two levels, the highest courts decisions are final except in those cases reviewed by the U.S. supreme court |
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Subject matter jurisdiction |
Authority of a court to decide a particular kind of case |
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Exclusive federal jurisdiction |
Federal crimes, bankruptcy, antitrust, patent, trademark, copyright and other specified cases |
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Concurrent federal jurisdiction |
Authority of more than one court to hear the same case |
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In personam jurisdiction |
Jurisdiction based upon claims against a person, in contrast to jurisdiction over a persons property |
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In Rem jurisdiction |
Jurisdiction based on claims against property |
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Attachment jurisdiction |
Jurisdiction over a defendants property to obtain payment of a claim not related to the property |
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The decision of an arbitrator is called an |
Award |
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(T/F) stare decisis has no application in a dual court system |
False |
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(T/F) A case before a U.S court of appeals is generally heard by all judges of the circuit sitting en banc |
False |
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(T/F) Issues of fact are not decided by the jury |
False |
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(T/F) the jurys verdict in a summary jury trial is not binding on the parties |
True |
