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Indictable offence
a serious criminal offence, the defendant is entitled to have a trail by jude and jury.
summary offence
bail
the procedure of releasing an accused person from custody back into the community who has committed a criminal offence.
remand
holding a person in custody whilst awaiting trail or sentencing. The remand section of a jail is in a different section from the rest of the jail.
committal hearing
occurs in a Magistrates' court to asses if there is sufficient evidence for a case to proceed to trail, in a higher court. Most commonly used in indictable cases.
original jurisdiction
the ability of a court to hear cases that have commenced in that court for the first time, as apposed to appeal cases.
appellate jurisdiction
is the jurisdiction of a court when it hears an appeal case brought to it from lower courts in the hierarchy.
adversary system
system of trail where two opposing parties present their case to the court in hope of winning.
court hierarchy
Different courts which hear different cases/appeals depending of the type of offence.
reasons for a court hierarchy
1. specialisation
2. efficiency, administrative convenience
3. appeals
4. doctrine of precedent
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