Judicial Branch Vocabulary Quiz

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the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law

• Jurisdiction

• Concurrent Jurisdiction

• Exclusive Jurisdiction

• Original Jurisdiction

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a type of court proceeding in which a prosecutor employed by the federal, state, or local government charges a person with the commission of a crime

• Nullify

• Criminal Case

• Litigant

• Civil Case

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to make legally null and void

• Litigant

• Criminal Case

• Nullify

• Civil Case

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a non-criminal lawsuit between two or more parties where one sues another to enforce or protect a private right, or to be compensated for a violation of those rights

• Criminal Case

• Nullify

• Litigant

• Civil Case

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to differ in opinion

• Dissenting Opinion

• Majority Opinion

• Concurring Opinion

• Jurisdiction

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one engaged in a lawsuit

• Criminal Case

• Litigant

• Nullify

• Civil Case

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jurisdiction that is shared by different courts and that may allow for removal

• Exclusive Jurisdiction

• Jurisdiction

• Concurrent Jurisdiction

• Appellate Jurisdiction

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jurisdiction granted only to a particular court to the exclusion of others

• Concurrent Jurisdiction

• Exclusive Jurisdiction

• Jurisdiction

• Exclusive Jurisdiction

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the jurisdiction granted to particular courts to hear appeals of the decisions of lower tribunals and to reverse, affirm, or modify those decisions

• Appellate Jurisdiction

• Exclusive Jurisdiction

• Concurrent Jurisdiction

• Jurisdiction

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the jurisdiction granted a court to try a case in the first instance, make findings of fact, and render a usually appealable decision

• Exclusive Jurisdiction

• Original Jurisdiction

• Appellate Jurisdiction

• Concurrent Jurisdiction