A | B |
Guilty | judged to have done somethign wrong or against the law |
innocent | judged not to have done something against the law |
criminal case | involving a crime, a break of the law |
civil case | involoving a disagreement over private rights |
jury | in civil or criminal cases, the people chosen to decide the case |
sentence | punishment set by a court of law for a crime, sucha s a jail term or fine |
appeal | to ask a higher court to review a lower decision |
jurisdiction | power or authority |
review | to look over |
uphold | maintain or support |
overturn | to throw out or turn over |
majority opinion | a written statement given reasons for a supreme court ruling |
dissenting opinion | a written statement giving reasons for diagreeing with a supreme court ruling |
public | anthing that is run by the governement and open to everyone |
legal | having to do with the law |
segregate | to seperate people or groups from each other |