Chap 18 Govt Vocab
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- Inferior Courts
- lower federal courts, beneath the Supreme Court.
- Exclusive Jurisdiction
- power of the federal courts alone to hear certain cases.
- Jurisdiction
- authority of a court to hear a case.
- Concurrent Jurisdiction
- power shared by the federal and state courts to hear certain cases.
- Original Jurisdiction
- power of the court to hear a case first, before any other court.
- Appellate Jurisdiction
- authority of a court to review decisions of inferior courts.
- Docket
- court\'s list of cases to be heard.
- Writ of Certiorari
- Order by a higher court directing a lower court to send up the record in a given case for review.
- Certificate
- method of putting a case before the supreme court; used when a lower court is not clear about the procedure or rule of law that should apply in a case and asks the supreme court to certify the answer to a specific question.
- Majority Opinion
- Officially called the opinion of the court; announces the court\'s decision in a case and sets out the reasoning upon which it is based.
- Precedent
- court decision that stands as an example to be followed in future, similar cases
- Concurring opinion
- written explanation of the views of one or more judges who support a decision reached by a majority of the court, but wish t add or emphasize a point that was not made in the majority decision.
- Dissenting Opinion
- written explanation of the views of one or more judges who disagree with a decision reached by a majority of the court.
- Redress
- satisfaction of a claim payment
- Civilian Tribunal
- court operating as part of the judicial branch, entirly seperate from the military establishment.
- Court matial
- court composed of military personnel, for the trial of those accused of violating military law.