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24 Cards in this Set
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Conccurent Jurisdiction |
Authority shared by both federal and state courts |
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Original Jurisdiction |
The authority of a trial court to be first to hear a case |
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Appellate Jurisdiction |
Authority held by a court to hear a case that is appealed from lower court |
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Due process Clause |
Fourteenth Amendment clause stating that no state may deprive a person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law |
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Grand Jury |
Group that hears charges against a suspect and decides wether there is sufficient evidence to bring the person to trial |
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Indictment |
A formal charge by a grand jury |
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Petit Jury |
A trial, usually consisting of 6 or 12 people, that weighs the evidence preesented at a trial and renders a verdict |
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Judgicial Circuit |
A region containing a United States appellate court |
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Senatorial Courtesy |
A system in which the president submits the name of a candidate for judgicial appointment to the senators from the candidate's home state before formally submitting it for full Senate approval |
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Riding the Circuit |
Traveling to hold circuit in a justice's assigned region of the country |
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Opinion |
A written explanation of a Supreme Court decision; also, in some states, a written interpretation of a state constitution or state laws by the state's attorney general |
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Writ of Certiorari |
An order from the supreme court to a lower court to send up the records on a case for review |
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Per Curiam Opinion |
A brief, unsigned statement of a Supreme Court decision |
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Brief |
A written statement setting forth the legal arguments, relevant facts, and precedents supporting one side of a case |
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Amicus Curiae |
Latin for "friend of the court"; a written brief from an individual or group claiming to have information useful to a court's consideration of a case |
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Majority Opinion |
A supreme court decision expressing the views of the majority of justices |
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Dissenting Opinion |
Dissenting opinion expresses by a minority of justices in a Supreme Court case |
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Judgicial Review |
The power of the Supreme Court to declare laws and actions of local, state, or national governments unconstitutional |
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Impound |
To refuse to spend |
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Stare Decisis |
A Latin term meaning "let the decision stand"; the principle that once the court rules on a case, it's decision serves as a precedent on which to base other decisions |
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Precedent |
A model on which to base later decisions or actions |
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Advisory Opinion |
A ruling on a law or action that has not been challenged |
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Bloc |
Coalition that promotes a common interest |
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Swing Vote |
The deciding vote |
