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
