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15 Cards in this Set
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inferior courts
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the lower federal courts, those beneath the supreme courts
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jurisdiction
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the authority of a court to hear
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exclusive jurisdiction
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when cases can only be heard in the federal court.
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concurrent jurisdiction
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when courts share the power to hear cases
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plantiff
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the person who files suit in a case
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defendant
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the person whom complaint is against
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original jurisdiction
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the court in which a case is first heard
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apellate jurisdiction
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a court that hears a case on appeal from a lower court
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criminal cases
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a case in which a defendent is tried for committing some action that congress has declared by law to be a federal crime.
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civil case
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a case that involves some non-criminal matter, such as a dispute over the terms of a contract or a claim of patent infringement.
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docket
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a list of cases that need to be heard
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writ of certiorari
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means "to be certain"; its an order by the court directing a lower court to send up the record in a given case for its review
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certrificate
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a process used when a lower court is not clear about the procedure or the rule of law that should apply in a case
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majority opinion
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announces the court's decision in a case and sets out the reasoning on which it is based
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precedents
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examples to be followed in similar cases as they arise in the lower courts ore reach the supreme court
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