Judicial Branch Key Terms

Blamed for committing a crime

• Felony
• Accused
• Defendant
• Due Process

Ask a higher court to review a lower court's decision.

• Indictment
• Misdemeanor
• Remand
• Appeal

To be charged in court and then enter a plea of innocent or guilty

• Arraignment
• Indictment
• Magistrate
• Summons<

Taken into police custody

• Indictment
• Due Process
• Summons
• Arrest

Bail

• Freedom of action or choice
• A court that sits at two more locations; traveling court
• money paid for temporary release from jail until court date
• A reasonable belief or evidence for supposing hat a charge is well founded.

Circuit Court

• A court that sits at two more locations; traveling court

• Lowest level of courts often including jury trials, where most cases are first heard

• A federal court consideration whether a law or a case is constitutional

• A case in which someone is being sued; not involving a crime

District Court

• A court that sits at two or more locations; a traveling court
• A court that acts as an appellate court
• Lowest level of courts often including jury trials, where most trials begin
• Has original and appellate jurisdiction

Due Process

• Conducted in accordance with established rules to ensure justice for all
• An appeal of a lower court decision
• a minor crime
• The finding or decision of a jury on the matter submitted to it in a trial

Indictment

• To be arrested and taken into police custody
• To be released on bail
• A command to appear in court
• Formally charged with a crime

Judicial Review

• A court document command a person to appear in court
• An appeal to a higher court
• A federal court consideration whether a law or a case is constitutional
• The finding or decision of a jury on the matter submitted to it in a trial