Review: Ch. 8 VOCAB - Judicial Branch

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Exclusive Jurisdiction defined as:

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authority of ONLY FEDERAL COURTS to hear and decide cases

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Concurrent Jurisdiction defined as:

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authority for BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS to hear and decide cases

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Jurisdiction is defined as a court's authority to hear and decide cases.

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a court's authority to hear and decide cases

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Federal courts where trials are held and lawsuits begin

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district courts

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A ruling used as the basis for a judicial decision in a similar case

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precedent

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Court reviewing lower district court decisions for errors.

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Appeals courts

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Highest court in the US

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Supreme Court

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Legal reasoning behind a court's decision

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opinion

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Court case establishing Supreme Court's power of judicial review.

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Marbury v Madison

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Stare decisis...

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Using earlier judicial rulings to decide cases (let it stand)