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20 Cards in this Set
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Inferior courts
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courts beneath the supreme court, federal courts
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Jurisdiction
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authority of a court to hear (try and decide) a case
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Exclusive Jurisdiction
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cases can only be heard in federal courts
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concurrent jurisdiction
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the shared powers of the federal and state courts to hear a case
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plaintiff
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person who files suit
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defendant
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person whom the complaint is against
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original jurisdiction
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a court in which a case is first heard
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appellate jurisdiction
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a court that hears a case on appeal from a lower court and has the ability to uphold or overrule or in some way modify from the lower court's decision
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criminal case
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a case where a defendant is tried for committing some action that congress has declared by law to be a federal crime
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civil cases
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under bankruptcy, postal tax, public lands, civil rights of the usa
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docket
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list of cases to be heard
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writ of certiorari
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"To be made more certain"- order to give the court directing a lower court to send up the record in a given case for its review
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certificate
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process when a lower court is not clear about the procedure or the rule of law that should apply in a case
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majority opinion
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announces the court's decision in a case and sets the reasoning on which it is based
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precedents
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or examples to be followed in similar cases as they arise in the lower courts
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concurring opinion
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to add or emphasize a point that was not made in the majority opinion
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dissenting opinion
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are often written by those whose justices who do not agree with the court's majority decision
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redress
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satisfaction of claim
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courts- martial
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military courts, serve disciplining needs of the armed forces and are not a part of the federal court system
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civilian tribunal
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a court operating as part of the judicial branch, entirely separate from military establishment
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