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| concurrent jurisdiction | authority shared by both federal and state courts |
| original jurisdiction | the authority of a trial court to be first to hear a case |
| appellate jurisdiction | authority held by a court to hear a case that is appealed from lower court. |
| litigant | a person engaged in lawsuit |
| due process clause | fourteenth Amendment clause stating that no state may deprive a person for life, liberty, or property with out due process of law |
| grand jury | group that hears charges against a suspect and decides whether there is sufficiant evidence to bring the person to trial. |
| indicitment | a formal charge by 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 |
| judicial circuit | a region containing a Unites states appellate court |
| senatorial courtesy | a system in which the president submits the name of a candidate for judicial appointment to the senators form the candidates before formally submitting it for full senate approval |
| riding the circuit | traveling to hold court in a justices assigned region of the country |
| opinon | a written explanation of a supreme court decision |
