Vocabulary and Definitions Quiz

What is the authority or power to make legal judgments, enforce laws, and punish criminals called?

• Precedent

• Jurisdiction

• Due process

• Rule of law

What is the principle that everyone and all organizations must follow the law, and no one is above it?

• Rule of law

• Civil law

• Judicial activism

• Appeal

What is the power of a court to hear a case for the first time?

• Appellate jurisdiction

• Eminent domain

• Original jurisdiction

• Due process

What is something that has already been done or said and can be used as a rule or example to follow in the future?

• Precedent

• Jurisdiction

• Appeal

• Rule of law

What is a formal request sent to a higher court to review and change a decision?

• Appeal

• Civil law

• Criminal law

• Due process

What is the authority of a higher court to review the decision of a lower court?

• Precedent

• Judicial activism

• Original jurisdiction

• Appellate jurisdiction

What type of law relates to individual rights rather than crimes?

• Civil law

• Criminal law

• Rule of law

• Eminent domain

What type of law deals with crimes and punishments?

• Civil law

• Criminal law

• Due process

• Precedent

What is the principle that requires a legal case to be conducted in a way that protects the rights of all involved?

• Jurisdiction

• Precedent

• Due process

• Appeal

What is the government's right to take private property for public use?

• Eminent domain

• Civil law

• Rule of law

• Original jurisdiction