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11 Cards in this Set
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Inferior Courts
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The Lower Federal Courts; those beneath the Supreme Court.
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Jurisdiction (JDX)
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The authority of a court to hear (to try and to decide) a case.
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Exclusive JDX
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Those cases that can be heard only by the Federal courts.
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Concurrent JDX
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The power of a case to be tried in EITHER a federal or a state court.
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Plaintiff
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the person who files suit.
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Defendant
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The person whom the compaint is made against.
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Original JDX
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A court in which a case is first heard.
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Appelete JDX
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A court that hears a case on appeal from a lower court.
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Crominal Case
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a case in which a defendant is tried for committing some action that Congress has declared by law a federal crime,
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Civil Case
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A case involving some noncriminal matter, such as dispute over the terms of a contract or a claim of aptent infringment.
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docket
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The list of cases to be heard by one of the United States courts.
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