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| original jurisdiction | The right of a court to be the first to hear a certain case. |
| appellate jurisdiction | The power of the Supreme Court to review decisions and change outcomes of decisions in lower courts. |
| supreme court | The highest level court in the U.S. |
| court of appeals | An appellate court intermidiate between the trial courts and the court of last resort. |
| district court | The court of general jurisdiction. |
| jury | a group of persons sworn to render a verdict or true answer on a question or questions submitted to them. |
| juvenile | of, pertaining to, characteristic of or intended for young persons. |
| judicial review | The power of a court to adjudicate the constitutionality of the laws of a government or the acts of the government official. |
| constitutionality | The quality of being constitutional. |
| criminal case | Prosecution by the State of a person or organization, for committing a public wrong considered an offense against the State. |
| civil case | A legal dispute between two or more parties. |
| arrest | To seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; taken into custody. |
| probable cause | Reasonable ground for a belief, as, in a criminal case, that the accused was guilty of the crime, or, in a civil case, that grounds for the action exsisted: used especially as a defense to an action for malicious prosecution. |
| misdemeanor | A criminal case definied as less serious than a felony. |
| felony | An offense, as murder or burglary, of graver character than those called misdemeanors, especially those commonly punished in the U.S by imprisonment for more than a year. |
| attorney | A lawyer. |
| innocent | Free from legal or specific wrong. |
| guilty | Having committed an offense, crime, violation or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; justly subject to a certain accusation or penalty; culpable. |
| due process of law | The regular administration of law, according to which no citizen may be denied his or her legal rights and all laws must conform to fundamental, accepted legal principles, as the right of the accused to confront his or her accusers. |
