Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
31 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Original Jurisdiction |
Hearing a case for the first time |
|
|
Appellate Jurisdiction |
Appeals cases from lower court |
|
|
Brief |
Written argument on issue of law |
|
|
Transcript |
Verbatim of what happened in a court room. |
|
|
Affirm |
upheld |
|
|
Reversed |
overturned |
|
|
Amend |
change |
|
|
Remand |
a new trial |
|
|
State trial court : jurisdiction |
original Jurisdiction |
|
|
State trial court: examples of cases heard |
Civil and criminal |
|
|
Open the doors to a state superior court-what would you see? |
lawyers,judges,clerks,juries,court reporter,sheriffs,and witnesses. |
|
|
Appellate Court: Jurisdiciton |
apellate |
|
|
Appellate court: cases heard |
Appeals cases that were convicted. |
|
|
Appellate court: Open doors to a state appellate court-what would you see? |
Panel judges |
|
|
State Supreme Court: Jurisdiction |
Appellate |
|
|
State Supreme Court: cases heard |
cases that were finalized as conviction |
|
|
State Supreme Court: Open the doors to state supreme court-what would you see? |
Panel of judges |
|
|
Municipal Court:Jurisdiction |
Original |
|
|
Municipal Courts:Cases Heard |
Small misdemeanors |
|
|
Open the doors to a municipal court - what would you see? |
Judge,lawyers |
|
|
Small Claims Courts: Jurisdiction |
Original |
|
|
Small Claims Court:Cases heard |
Money-Under 5,000 (civil) |
|
|
Small claims courts-open the doors to a small claims court-what would you see? |
People involved and judges. |
|
|
What are the superiors courts? |
Juvenile,family,tax,and probate courts. |
|
|
Where does the federal court system get its power? |
Article 3 / US constitution |
|
|
U.S District: Jurisdiction |
original |
|
|
U.S District: Cases heard |
Criminal and civil |
|
|
U.S District :Open the doors to U.S District Court . What would you see? |
lawyers,diversity of citizenship,and judges |
|
|
Special U.S Courts |
Military,claims,customs,and tax |
|
|
Appeals are heard from |
District, court of appeals,and supreme court. |
|
|
Arbitraitor |
a independent a person body officially appointed to settle a dispute. |
