Court+System+Vocab

Vocabulary for The Federal Court System

Inferior court

criminal case

civil case

suit

jurisdiction

exclusive jurisdiction

concurrent jurisdiction

district court

original jurisdiction

magistrate

marshal

subpoena

court of appeals

appellate jurisdiction

circuit court

remand

court-martial

judicial review

unconstitutional

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Part 2 vocabulary

brief

docket

adversary

writ of certiorari

majority opinion

concurring opinion

dissenting opinion

suit of equity

injunction

complaint

penal code

larceny

vandalism

fraud

mandatory sentence

summons

arraignment

prosecution

testimony

cross examination

acquittal

hung jury

juvenile

juvenile delinquent

offender