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