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Question 1

Inferior courts

Answer 1

the lower federal courts

Question 2

jurisdiction

Answer 2

authority of a court to hear a case

Question 3

exclusive jurisdiction

Answer 3

cases that can only be heard in the federal courts

Question 4

plaintiff

Answer 4

the person who files suit

Question 5

defendant

Answer 5

person whom the complaint is against

Question 6

original jurisdiction

Answer 6

a case is first heard

Question 7

appellate jurisdiction

Answer 7

court that hears a case on appeal from a lower court

Question 8

criminal case

Answer 8

defendant is tried for committing some action that Congress has declared by law to be a federeal crime

Question 9

civil cases

Answer 9

involves noncriminal cases

Question 10

docket

Answer 10

list of cases to be heard

Question 11

writ of certiorari

Answer 11

to be made more certain

Question 12

certificate

Answer 12

process used when a lower court is not clear about the procedure or rule of law that should apply in a case

Question 13

majority opinion

Answer 13

announces the court’s decision in a case and sets out the reasoning on which it is based

Question 14

precedents

Answer 14

examples to be followed in similar cases as they arise in the lower courts

Question 15

concurring opinion

Answer 15

to add or emphasize a point that was not made in the majority opinion

Question 16

dissenting opinions

Answer 16

written by justicies who do not agree with the courts majority decision

Question 17

redress

Answer 17

satisfaction of a claim, payment

Question 18

courts-martial

Answer 18

serve the special disciplinary needs of the armed forces and are not a part of the federal court system

Question 19

civilian tribunal

Answer 19

a court operation as part of the judicial branch