Ch9 Vocab Flashcards
To assume to be true
Presume
A court system made up of both federal and state courts
Dual court systems
A courts authority to hear and decide cases
Jurisdiction
Authority of only federal courts to hear and decide cases
Exclusive jurisdiction
Authority of both state and federal courts to hear and decide cases
Concurrent jurisdiction
The authority of a purr to hear cases for the first time
Original jurisdiction
The authority of a court to hear a case appealed from a lower case
Appellate jurisdiction
An official descion by a judge or a court that settles a case and may also establish the meaning of law
Ruling
A detailed explanation of the legal thinking behind courts descion in a case
Opinion
A ruling that is used as the basis for the judicial descion in a later similar case
Precedent
One of the parties involved in a lawsuit
Litigant
Approval
Consent
The right to hold an office one a person is confirmed
Tenure
Something that introduces or comes before something else
Premliminary
An order that required a person to appeal in court
Subpoena
The power of the Supreme Court to say whether any federal state Or local law or government action goes against The constitution
Judicial reveiw
In accordance with the constitution
Constitutional
To cancel legally
Nullify
To object to a descion or outcome
Challenge
An order to a higher court to obtain the records of the lower court In a particular case
Writ of certiorari
A court calendar showing the schedule of cases it is to hear
Docket
A judge or courts workload of cases in a period of time
Caseload
A written document explaining the position of one side or the other in case
Brief
The practice of using earlier judicial rulings as a basis for deciding cases
Stars decisis
A stand written by a justice who votes with the majority but for different reasons than the others
Concurring opionion
A statement written by the justice who disagrees with the majority opinion presenting his or her opinion
Dissenting opinion
A Supreme Court ruling on a case in which all justices agree on the ruling
Unanimous opinion
To write a document in its first form
Draft
