Judicial Branch Vocab quiz review

a court's calendar, showing the schedule of cases it is to hear

• writ of certiorari

• docket

• caseload

• concurring opinion

a written document explaining the position of one side of the other in a case

• docket

• writ of certiorari

• brief

• caseload

a statement written by a justice who votes with the majority, but for different reasons than the others

• dissenting opinion

• unanimous opinion

• concurrent opinion

• stare decisis

the authority of a court to hear a case appealed from a lower court

• ruling

• original jurisdiction

• precedent

• appellate jurisdiction

an official decision by a judge or a court that settles a case and may also establish the meaning of a law

• ruling

• dissenting opinion

• docket

• judicial review

the authority of a court to hear cases for the first time

• appellate jurisdiction

• original jurisdiction

• concurrent jurisdiction

• exclusive jurisdiction

a court system made up of both federal and state courts

• supreme court

• judicial review

• precedent

• dual court system

a detailed explanation of legal thinking behind a court’s decision in a case

• ruling

• precedent

• opinion

• subpoena

a supreme court ruling on a case in which all justices agree on the ruling

• unanimous decision

• concurring decision

• dissenting opinion

• stare decisis

a court’s authority to hear and decide a cases

• jurisdiction

• exclusive jurisdiction

• concurrent jurisdiction

• original jurisdiction