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Unit 6 Flashcards

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Indictment

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A grand juries, formal charge or accusation of a crime

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Due process

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Government must out with in the law

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Tort

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Any wrongful at other than break of contract, for which required party has rot to sue for damages

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Verdict

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Juries decision on a case

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Federalism

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Power divided between national state and local government

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Double jeopardy

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Can’t be tried for the same crime twice

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Civil law

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Case between two or more people doesn’t involve criminal matter

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Plaintiff

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A person suing another person in a civil case

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Defendant

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A person who is defending himself in court

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Preponderance of evidence

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The amount approve needed to win a civil case

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Beyond a reasonable doubt

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The amount approve needed to win a criminal case

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Prosecutor

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The person who represents the government in a criminal case

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Original jurisdiction

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The court that first tried a case

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First amendment

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Freedom of expression

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14th amendment

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Establish due process

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8th amendment

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Freedom from cruel and unusual punishment

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Contract

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I set of voluntary promises, enforced by the law

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I what is the job of the judicial branch

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Do enforce the law

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Which case overturned Plessy V Ferguson

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Brown versus board of education

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What case ended seggregation in schools?

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Brown versus Board of Education

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What Case stated that schools follow did the 14th amendment

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Brown versus Board of Education

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What court would have original jurisdiction if the state of Mississippi is suing Tennessee over the use of the Mississippi river

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The Supreme Court

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Which case establish a separate, but equal doctrine

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Plessy, V Ferguson

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What happened in New Jersey versus TLO?

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Tracy was caught selling weed, but sue the school for searching her

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What type of cases are heard in Tennessee probate case

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Wills and administration of Estates

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What was the supreme courts ruling on Gideon versus Wainwright?

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Gideon head right to lawyer, but was not appointed one. This can include it in states are required to wear for legal aid in criminal cases for those who can’t afford it.

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Which Supreme Court case gave the Supreme Court power of the judicial revieW

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Marbury versus Madison

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Why is the supreme court called the court of last resort?

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It’s a highest you can go to get an appeal

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Marbury versus Madison

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Marbury had illegally been appointed by Adams judiciary act of 1789 was constitutional established judicial review

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McCulloch versus Maryland

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States can’t tax federal government they can create a bank and the supremacy clause

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Plessy versus Ferguson

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Separate but equal doctrine of upheld and segregation of races is illegal

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Brown versus Board of Education

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Segregationist, public schools, create any quality overturned, Plessy, V Ferguson, illegal legislation, violates, equal protection, clause

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Miranda versus Arizona

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People arrested must be told the right

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Gideon versus Wainwright

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Rights to a lawyer and states are required to provide legal aid in criminal cases for those who can’t afford it

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New Jersey versus TLO

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Schools only need reasonable suspicion to contact search and need for safety, lower lower standard of proof

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Tinker versus Des monies

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Student have first amendment, rights, protection, and protected rights of symbolic speech

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The formal process of making police record of the arrest

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Booking

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A pretrial proceeding with the prosecutor must prove that the crime was committed and establish the probable guilt of the defendant

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Preliminary hearing

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Where in the rest of person is released after putting up an amount of money

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Bail

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A group of 23 persons who here preliminary evidence to decide if there is significant reason to formally charged a person with a cime

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Grand jury

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A court session at which a defendant is charged and enters a plea

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Arraignment

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The court proceeding

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Trial

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The careful consideration and discussion toward forming an opinion, or making a decision regarding a case

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Jury, deliberate

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The judgment formally pronouncing the punishment to be imposed on one convicted of crime

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Sentencing

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Criminal law

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Lol proceeding that deals with the legislation and trial of those accused of crimes against society

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Felonies

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Crime, usually involving violence, punishable by more than one year in jail

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Misdemeanors

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Minor crime, usually punishable by less than one year in jail or small fine

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Breach of contract

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A person or party breaks and contract they had with another party

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Chancery courts

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Trial courts share jurisdiction with tn circuit courts civil courts

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Circuit courts

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Trial courts of general jurisdiction
Courts in each of the 31 judicial districts

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Criminal courts

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Trial courts also hear misdemeanor appeals from lower courts

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General sessions court

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Each coin has a court for civil and criminal cases
Limited to monetary and type of action

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Juvenile courts

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Jurisdiction involving minors

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US district courts

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94 distinct courts
Og, criminal fed court cases and courts in general jurisdiction

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US courts of appeals

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12 judicial circuit
Appeallate and appeals from lower courts

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US supreme court

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1 court/ 9 justices
Hears trials involving foreign gov rep

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Petit jury

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Those deciding guilt or innocence

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Mediator

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Person who works to get both side to compromise and reach and agreement

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Arbitrator

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Person who can order one side to abide to his or her decision

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