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| due process clause | 14th amendment clause stating that no stte may deprive a person, lifeliberty, or property without due process |
| concurrent jurisdiction | authority shared by both federal and state courts |
| appellate jurisdiction | authority held by a court to hear a cas that isappealed from lower court |
| litigant | a person engaged in a lawsuit |
| grand jury | group that hears charges against a suspect and decides whether there is sufficent evidence to bring theperson to trial |
| indictment | a formal grand jury |
| petit jury | a trial jury usually consisting of 6 or 12 people , that weighs the evidence presented at a trial and renders a verdict. |
| riding the circuit | traveling to hold court in a justices assigned region of the country |
| original jurisdiction | the suthority of a trial court to be first to hear a case |
| judicial circuit | a region containing a United States appellate court |
| sentorial courtesy | a system in which the president submits the name of a candidate for judicial appointment to the senators from the candidiates vefore formally submitting it for full Senate approval |
| opinion | a written explanation of a Supreme Court decision; also in some states a written interpretation of a state constitution or state laws by the sates attorney general |
