Court Systems (Section 1)

Which may be enforced by a court order?

• The parties invite a mediator to develop a solution.

• The parties retain an arbitrator to prescribe a solution.

• Both of the resolutions

There is no difference between mediation and arbitration.

• True

• False

A trial court has _____ jurisdiction over a case.

Which statement is true about courts?

• Award damages in criminal cases

• Hear witnesses at the appellate level

• Decide questions of fact at the trial level

• Enforce mediators' decisions

Appellate courts review decisions of lower courts when one or more of the parties appeal, claiming an error of law was made during the lower court's proceedings.

• True

• False

To _____ means to allow a court to resolve a dispute.

When an appellate court sends a case back down to a trial court for a new trial, it is said to have _____ the case.

• Affirmed

• Reversed

• Remanded

• Amended

A decision of the lower court that has been upheld by an appellate court is said to have been affirmed.

• True

• False