Study sets matching "the courts"
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State Supreme Court
Appeals Court
Juvenile Court
Municipal Court
A state's highest court which typically decides matters of law…
A court that reviews decisions made in lower district courts.…
courts that hear cases involving individuals usually between t…
city or court, usually divided into traffic and criminal divis…
State Supreme Court
A state's highest court which typically decides matters of law…
Appeals Court
A court that reviews decisions made in lower district courts.…
Mr. McWilliams
Plaintiff
Defendant
Common Law
Totes Handsome & Funny
Someone who is bringing a lawsuit against someone else
Someone who is responding to a lawsuit
Using previous decisions from other court cases to help you de…
Mr. McWilliams
Totes Handsome & Funny
Plaintiff
Someone who is bringing a lawsuit against someone else
Justices
Verdict
Original
Jury
A panel of the people at the Supreme Court who hear and decide…
A decision in a court case made by a judge or jury
First time
A group of citizens who hear and decide in a court
Justices
A panel of the people at the Supreme Court who hear and decide…
Verdict
A decision in a court case made by a judge or jury
Judge
Defence Lawyers
Crown Counsel
Preliminary Hearing
Trier of fact who interprets the law, decides if evidence can…
Represents persons charged with criminal offences and ensures…
Lawyers who represent the government in court and who are resp…
Hearing to determine if there is sufficient evidence to warran…
Judge
Trier of fact who interprets the law, decides if evidence can…
Defence Lawyers
Represents persons charged with criminal offences and ensures…
Specialized Courts
Focus on outcomes
Judicial Monitoring
Informed decision making
EX: Drug courts, domestic violence courts, community courts etc
Courts focus on process and punishment not outcomes (long term…
Problem solving court judges stay involved in cases from begin…
caseworkers can evaluate defendants needs for judges
Specialized Courts
EX: Drug courts, domestic violence courts, community courts etc
Focus on outcomes
Courts focus on process and punishment not outcomes (long term…
Supreme Court
Nine
Certiorari Process
Limited
The _______ is the highest court in the federal system
The supreme court has _____- justices, meeting in Washington D…
The supreme Court appeals jurisdiction through the _______
The supreme court has _______ original jurisdiction over some…
Supreme Court
The _______ is the highest court in the federal system
Nine
The supreme court has _____- justices, meeting in Washington D…
Justices
Verdict
Original
Jury
Judges at the Supreme Court who hear and decide cases
A decision in a court case made by a judge or jury
First time
A group of citizens who hear and decide cases in a court
Justices
Judges at the Supreme Court who hear and decide cases
Verdict
A decision in a court case made by a judge or jury
Justices
Verdict
Original
Jury
A panel of the people at the Supreme Court who hear and decide…
A decision in a court case made by a judge or jury
First time
A group of citizens who hear and decide in a court
Justices
A panel of the people at the Supreme Court who hear and decide…
Verdict
A decision in a court case made by a judge or jury
trial courts
intermediate court
court of last resort
appellant
a court of law where cases are tried in the first place, as op…
appellate court... -Federal ... -California
court of the highest authority, the Supreme court... -Federal ... -C…
a person who applies to a higher court for a reversal of the d…
trial courts
a court of law where cases are tried in the first place, as op…
intermediate court
appellate court... -Federal ... -California
Court
Article III
the Constitution
federal court system
a place where a judge presides over a criminal or civil case
Where the judicial branch is in the Constitution
the written government of the USA
courts for the USA
Court
a place where a judge presides over a criminal or civil case
Article III
Where the judicial branch is in the Constitution
Criminal law
Plaintiff
Defendant
Civil law
the branch of law that regulates the conduct of individuals, d…
the individual or organization that brings a complaint in cour…
the one against whom a complaint is brought in a criminal or c…
the branch of law that deals with disputes that do not involve…
Criminal law
the branch of law that regulates the conduct of individuals, d…
Plaintiff
the individual or organization that brings a complaint in cour…
Appellate
Appellate Courts
Affirmative Action
Civil Liberties
Concerned with or dealing with applications for decisions to b…
The part of the judicial system that is responsible for hearin…
An action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from dis…
The state of being subject only to laws established for the go…
Appellate
Concerned with or dealing with applications for decisions to b…
Appellate Courts
The part of the judicial system that is responsible for hearin…
Amicus curiae
Stare decisis
Original intent
Judicial review
An argument filed with a court by an individual or group who i…
When a court follows precedent by letting a previous decision…
A view that the Constitution should be interpreted based on th…
The power of the Supreme Court to overturn a law or executive…
Amicus curiae
An argument filed with a court by an individual or group who i…
Stare decisis
When a court follows precedent by letting a previous decision…
Justices
Verdict
Original
Jury
A panel of the people at the Supreme Court who hear and decide…
A decision in a court case made by a judge or jury
First time
A group of citizens who hear and decide in a court
Justices
A panel of the people at the Supreme Court who hear and decide…
Verdict
A decision in a court case made by a judge or jury
Judiciary Act of 1789
Marbury v Madison 1803
Judicial Review
Componenets of Judicial review
Established federal court system
Established supremacy of constituiton and supreme court as its…
Power to declare government acts invalid bc they violate const…
Power of courts to declare national/state/local laws invalid i…
Judiciary Act of 1789
Established federal court system
Marbury v Madison 1803
Established supremacy of constituiton and supreme court as its…
appellate jurisdiction
Courts of appeal
district courts
judicial activism
given to a court where cases are heard on appeal from a lower…
courts which have the power to review all final decisions of d…
the entry point for most federal litigation
theory that judges should make bolder policy decisions to alle…
appellate jurisdiction
given to a court where cases are heard on appeal from a lower…
Courts of appeal
courts which have the power to review all final decisions of d…
judiciary act of 1789
district courts
appellate jurisdiction
original jurisdiction
-congress laid out organization of judiciary ... -jurisdiction
lower-level trail courts that handle most u.s. federal cases
authority of court to hear appeals from lower courts and chang…
authority of the court to handle a case first int he supreme c…
judiciary act of 1789
-congress laid out organization of judiciary ... -jurisdiction
district courts
lower-level trail courts that handle most u.s. federal cases
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court
Which is the most probable penalty for…
Justices, no jury; appellate jurisdiction; limited original ju…
Judges, no jury; appellate jurisdiction
Judge, with or without jury; original jurisdiction
Payment
U.S. Supreme Court
Justices, no jury; appellate jurisdiction; limited original ju…
U.S. Court of Appeals
Judges, no jury; appellate jurisdiction
Judiciary act of 1789
District courts
Appellate jurisdiction
judicial review
The law in which Congress laid out the organization of the fed…
lower-level trial courts of the federal judicial system that h…
The authority of a court to hear appeals from lower courts and…
the supreme court's power to strike down a law or an executive…
Judiciary act of 1789
The law in which Congress laid out the organization of the fed…
District courts
lower-level trial courts of the federal judicial system that h…
approx how many in the uk?
what cases does it deal with? (area)
has jurisdiction over? (2)
what does magistrate court do? (3)
over 400 (one in almost every town)
cases connected to it's geographical area
all summary cases... triable either way cases where the defendant…
1) issue search and arrest warrants... 2) conduct preliminary tr…
approx how many in the uk?
over 400 (one in almost every town)
what cases does it deal with? (area)
cases connected to it's geographical area
Page of Swords
Knight of Swords
Queen of Swords
King of Swords
Logique: analyser le problème, utiliser sa raison, avoir un pl…
Direct/Blunt: frank and outspoken/tactless and rude, gets stra…
Honnêteté: affronter la vérité, suivre les règles... Rapide: comp…
Intellectual: uses thought creatively, grasps information quic…
Page of Swords
Logique: analyser le problème, utiliser sa raison, avoir un pl…
Knight of Swords
Direct/Blunt: frank and outspoken/tactless and rude, gets stra…
Most American law is based on
Latin term "to stand on the decided cas…
US has a dual court system; they are
The authority to hear and decide cases
English common law
stare decisis
state courts and federal courts
Jurisdiction
Most American law is based on
English common law
Latin term "to stand on the decided cas…
stare decisis