Ch9 Vocab

Question 0

To assume to be true

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Presume

Question 1

A court system made up of both federal and state courts

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Dual court systems

Question 2

A courts authority to hear and decide cases

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Jurisdiction

Question 3

Authority of only federal courts to hear and decide cases

Answer 3

Exclusive jurisdiction

Question 4

Authority of both state and federal courts to hear and decide cases

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Concurrent jurisdiction

Question 5

The authority of a purr to hear cases for the first time

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Original jurisdiction

Question 6

The authority of a court to hear a case appealed from a lower case

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Appellate jurisdiction

Question 7

An official descion by a judge or a court that settles a case and may also establish the meaning of law

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Ruling

Question 8

A detailed explanation of the legal thinking behind courts descion in a case

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Opinion

Question 9

A ruling that is used as the basis for the judicial descion in a later similar case

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Precedent

Question 10

One of the parties involved in a lawsuit

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Litigant

Question 11

Approval

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Consent

Question 12

The right to hold an office one a person is confirmed

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Tenure

Question 13

Something that introduces or comes before something else

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Premliminary

Question 14

An order that required a person to appeal in court

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Subpoena

Question 15

The power of the Supreme Court to say whether any federal state Or local law or government action goes against The constitution

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Judicial reveiw

Question 16

In accordance with the constitution

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Constitutional

Question 17

To cancel legally

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Nullify

Question 18

To object to a descion or outcome

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Challenge

Question 19

An order to a higher court to obtain the records of the lower court In a particular case

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Writ of certiorari

Question 20

A court calendar showing the schedule of cases it is to hear

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Docket

Question 21

A judge or courts workload of cases in a period of time

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Caseload

Question 22

A written document explaining the position of one side or the other in case

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Brief

Question 23

The practice of using earlier judicial rulings as a basis for deciding cases

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Stars decisis

Question 24

A stand written by a justice who votes with the majority but for different reasons than the others

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Concurring opionion

Question 25

A statement written by the justice who disagrees with the majority opinion presenting his or her opinion

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Dissenting opinion

Question 26

A Supreme Court ruling on a case in which all justices agree on the ruling

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Unanimous opinion

Question 27

To write a document in its first form

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Draft