Civics - Chapter 8 Terms Review

A court's authority to hear an decide cases.

• court system
• power
• authority
• jurisdiction

Match the term to the definition.

Groups:

(a) Exclusive Jurisdiction

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(b) Concurrent Jurisdiction

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(c) Original Jurisdiction

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(d) Appellate Jurisdiction

• Authority of only federal courts to hear and decide cases.

• The authority to hear cases for the first time.

• The authority of a court to hear a case appealed from a lower court.

• Authority for both state and federal courts to hear and decide cases.

What is a District Court?

• A District Court is a specialized court for family law cases.
• A District Court is a federal court where trials are held and lawsuits are begun.

• A District Court is a type of administrative court for government disputes.
• A District Court is a federal court that only hears appeals.

What is an Appeals Court?

• An Appeals Court is a court that reviews decisions made by lower district courts.

• A court that only handles criminal cases.
• A court that makes laws for the country.
• A court that provides legal advice to citizens.

What is a circuit?

• The area of jurisdiction of a federal court of appeals.

• A written document explaining the position of one side or the other in a case.

• An electrical outlet.

• The practice of using earlier judicial rulings as a basis for deciding case.

What does it mean to remand a court case?

• To dismiss a court case entirely.
• To appeal a court case to a higher court.
• To send a court case back to a lower court to be tried again.

• To delay the court proceedings indefinitely.

What is an opinion?

• A list of judges' names involved in a case.
• A document outlining the rules of a courtroom.
• A summary of a court case's background.
• A formal statement by a judge explaining the legal reasoning behind a court's decision in a case.

A ruling that is used as the basis for a judicial decision in a later, similar case.

• Ruling
• Judgment
• Verdict
• Precedent

When something is in accordance with the Constitution.

• Unconstitutional
• Illegal
• Invalid
• Constitutional

​ (a)   is the power of the Supreme Court to say whether any federal, state, or local law or government action goes against the Constitution.

• Judicial Review
• Docket
• Executive Order