Judicial Branch Test 2018 McGee

A more serious crime

• misdemeanor

• felony

• original

• appellate

a less serious crime

• exclusive

• felony

• misdemeanor

• criminal

the authority to hear a case again to review it

• exclusive jurisdiction

• appellate jurisdiction

• original jurisdiction

• criminal case

the authority to hear cases for the first time

• original jurisdiction

• civil case

• exclusive jurisdiction

• appellate jurisdiction

to send a case back to a lower court to be retried

• remand

• acquittal

• appeal

• precedent

a ruling in an earlier case that sets a standard for similar cases

• precedent

• crime

• remand

• acquittal

to have your case looked at again to see if you received a fair trial

• appeal

• precedent

• remand

• acquittal

an act that breaks a federal or state criminal law and

causes harm to people or society in general.

• crime

• civil

• felony

• misdemeanor

Where is the judicial branch covered in the Constitution?

• Article 1

• Article 2

• Article 3

• Article 4

Which court officials take care of much of a judge’s routine work, such as issuing court orders and hearing preliminary evidence in a case?

• magistrates

• clerks

• marshals

• lawyer