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20 Cards in this Set
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Inferior Courts |
lower Courts |
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Justiciable |
appropriate for review by the courts |
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Jurisdiction |
legal authority of court
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Adversary System |
Judicial system in US in which 2 parties in conflict bring the matter to court |
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Exclusive Jurisdiction |
authority of a court to try only certain kinds of cases |
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Concurrent Jurisdiction |
authority of 2 or more courts to hear the same kind of case |
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Original Jurisdiction |
authority of a court to try a case the first time it is heard |
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Appellate Jurisdiction |
authority of court to review a decision of a lower court |
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Standing |
condition of having a personal interest that has been denied by an action |
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Writ of Mandamus |
court order requiring a public official to carry our a specific act or lawful duty |
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Remand |
send back to the lower court |
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Discuss List |
list of petitions to the supreme court will consider |
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Writ of Certiotari |
an order from the supreme court requiring a lower court to send a record of a case to the supreme court |
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Opinions |
Written statements by a judge or judges of the reasons for the decisions of the court |
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Unanimous Opinion |
single written explanation of a court decision |
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Majority Opinion |
Written explanation of a court decision expressing the view of more than half the court |
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Concurring Opinion |
judgment by one or more judges that supports the majority opinion but offers different reasoning |
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Dissenting Opinion |
judgment of one or more judges that disagrees with the majority opinion |
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Stare decisis |
rule whereby a decision applies in similar cases |
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Circuits |
geographic regions in which a federal district court of appeals is located |
