22F - How are Legal Disputes Settled?

Match the following

• General Jurisdiction

• District Court

• Trials

• Circuit Court

• Appeal as of Right

• Federal Courts

• Limited Jurisdiction

• State Courts

• Writ of Cert.

• SCOTUS

Answer explanation

To get to the U.S. Supreme Court, you have to file a peitition for a writ of certiorari. The Court only grants about 1% of those petitions.

Civil cases are filed by _____

• Plaintiffs

• Prosecutors

• Defendants

• Liable

• Damages

Criminal cases are filed by _____

• Plaintiffs

• Prosecutors

• Defendants

• Liable

• Damages

Civil and criminal cases are filed against _____

• Plaintiffs

• Prosecutors

• Defendants

• Liable

• Damages

Plaintiffs in civil cases ask the judge or jury to find the defendant _____

• Plaintiffs

• Prosecutors

• Defendants

• Liable

• Damages

Plaintiffs in civil cases ask the judge or jury to require the defendant to pay _____

• Plaintiffs

• Prosecutors

• Defendants

• Liable

• Damages

In criminal cases, the prosecutor asks the jury to find the defendant _____

• Guilty

• Sentence

• Probation ; Parole

• Preponderance of the evidence

• Beyond a reasonable doubt

In criminal cases, the prosecutor asks the judge to _____ the defendant

• Guilty

• Sentence

• Probation ; Parole

• Preponderance of the evidence

• Beyond a reasonable doubt

Judges sentence the defendant to time on _____ or in _____

• Guilty

• Sentence

• Probation ; Parole

• Preponderance of the evidence

• Beyond a reasonable doubt

Plaintiffs in civil cases must prove their case by a:

• Guilty

• Sentence

• Probation ; Parole

• Preponderance of the evidence

• Beyond a reasonable doubt