Chapter 18 vocabulary Flashcards
Learn about the Federal Court System.
Lower Federal Courts beneath the Sepreme Court.
Inferior Courts
The authority of a court to hear a case
Jurisdiction
The cases can only be heard only in the federal courts
Exclusive jurisdiction
The power to hear a case is shared by the federal courts and the State courts.
Concurrent jurisdiction
The person who files suits
Plaintiff
The person whom the complaint is against
Defendant
A court in which a case is firtst heard is said to have…
Original jurisdiction
A court that hears a case on appeal from a lower court has…
Appellate jurisdiction
Case, in the federal courts, in which a defendant is declared by law to be a federal crime.
Criminal cases
Involved in no criminal matter, such as dispute over the terms of a contract or claim.
Civil cases
A list of cases to be heard
Docket
An order bu the corut directing a lower court to send up the record in a given case for it’s review.
Writ of certiorari
Process used when a lower court is not clear about the procedcure or the rule of law that should apply in a case.
Certificate
The opinion of the court
Majority opinion
Examples to be followed in similar cases as they arise in the lower courts or reach supreme court.
Precedent
to add or emphasize a point that was not made in the majority opinion.
Concurring opinion
Written by justices who do not agree with the court’s majority decisions.
Dissenting opinions
Satisfaction of a claim, payment
Redress
Military courts that serve the special disciplinary needs of the armed forces and are not part of the federal court system
Court-martial
A court operating as part of the judicial branch.
Civillian tribunal
