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| appellate jurisdiction | authority held by a court to hear a case that is appealed from a lower court. |
| writ of certiorari | an order from the Supreme Court to a lower court to send up the records on a case for review. |
| civil case | case involving a dispute between two or more private individuals or organizations. |
| concurrent jurisdiction | authority shared by both federal and state courts |
| inferior courts | courts with lower levels of governing authority. |
| The court that first hears a case is said to have | Original Jurisdiction |
| The list of cases to be heard by a court is called a | Docket |
| federal courts that exercises both original and appellate jurisdiction | Supreme Court |
| federal court has original jurisdiction over MOST cases heard in federal court | District Court |
| the Supreme Court is called the High Court because it is the | last court in which federal questions can be decided. |
| The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit differs from the other 12 federal courts of appeals because it | hears cases from across the country. |
| The term of office for constitutional court judges is determined by | the Constitution. |
| The United States Tax Court hears | civil cases. |
| The Supreme Court's decision in Marbury v. Madison | established the Court's power of judicial review. |
| Legal cases in the District of Columbia and the territories that belong to the United States are settled in: | a separate system of courts for each territory and each district like those at the State and federal levels. |
| Most criminal cases end in an | appeal to the state court of appeals |
| indictment | a formal charge by a grand jury |
| petit jury | a trial jury that weighs the evidence presented at trial |
| grand jury | hears charges and determines if there is sufficient evidence to bring the person to trial |
| precedent | a model on which to base later decisions |
