| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Lobbying | actions to influence a politican |
| Mediation | intermediary action designed to bring about agreement |
| Misdemeanor | criminal offense punishable by a person sentence of 1 year or less |
| Negotiation | process of dicussing an issue to reach a settlement |
| Per Curiam | "By the court" (used to refer to the opinion of the court) |
| Preremptory Challenge | pre trial jury selection in which each side is given the right to dismiss a certain number of potential jurors without giving a reason |
| Petitioner | person who requests something to a court aka plaintiff |
| Plaintiff | party who brings suit in a court |
| Precedent | court decision on legal questions that give similar direction to future cases on similar questions |
| Public Defender | attorney appointed by court whose job is to defend indigent (needy) defendants in criminal cases |
| Recall | removal of an elected official from office by a vote of the people |
| Remedy | what is done to compensate for an injury of to enforce some right |
| Retainer | down payment by which a client hires an attorney to act on his or her behalf |
| Settlement | promises made in a compromise agreement |
| Statues | laws |
| Summary Judgement | a quick decision without a trial when there is no dispute to evidence |
| Supremacy Clause | concept the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling is final and overrides lower courts |
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