Unit 7 VOCAB: Judicial Branch (HMSCivics)

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Legal system with state & federal courts

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Dual court system

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A court’s authority to hear cases (original, concurrent, appellate, exclusive)

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jurisdiction

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Official court decision

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Ruling

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Document to court explaining one side of a case

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brief

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Legal reasoning behind a court's ruling (concurrent, dissenting, unanimous)

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opinion

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A law used as basis of a decision in a later case

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precedent

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Formal request to a higher court to hear a case.

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Writ of certiorari

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Latin for "let the decision stand"; using earlier judicial rulings as a basis for deciding cases.

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stare decisis

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A party in a lawsuit

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litigant

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Court calendar showing schedule of cases

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