Civics, Chapter 8
Terms
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- jurisdiction
- a court's authority to hear and decide cases
- concurrent jurisdiction
- authority for BOTH state and federal courts to hear and decide cases
- exclusive jurisdiction
- authority of only FEDERAL courts to hear and decide cases
- original jurisdiction
- the authority to hear cases for the first time
- appellate jurisdiction
- the authority of a court to hear a case appealed from a lower court
- district courts
- federal courts where trials are held and lawsuits are begun
- docket
- a court's calendar, showing the schedule of cases it is to hear
- circuit
- the area of jurisdiction of a federal court of appeals
- remand
- to send a case back to a lower court to be tried again
- brief
- a written document explaining the position of one side or the other in a case
- precedent
- a ruling that is used as the basis for a judicial decision in a later, similar case
- constitutional
- in accordance with the Constitution
- judicial review
- the power of the Supreme Court to say whether any federal, state, or local law or government action goes against the Constitution
- stare decisis
- the practice of using earlier judicial rulings as a basis for deciding cases
- appeals court
- a court that reviews decisions made in lower district courts
- opinion
- a detailed explanation of the legal thinking behind a court's decision in a case
- majority opinion
- a statement that presents the views of the majority of Supreme Court justices regarding a case
- dissenting opinion
- a statement written by a justice who disagrees with the majority opinion, presenting his or her opinion
- concurring opinion
- a statement written by a justice who votes with the majority, but for different reasons