Vocabulary Criminal,Civil and Juvenile cases

A ruling that is used as the basis for a judicial decision in a later, similar case

• Precedent

• Judicial review

• Appeal

• Jurisdiction

in civil law, the party who brings a suit or some other legal action against another individual in court.

• dissenting opinion

• redress

• plaintiff

• defendant

in a civil suit, the person against whom a court action is brought by the plaintiff, in a criminal case, the person charged with the crime.

• dessenting opinion

• redress

• plaintiff

• defendant

a case involving a non criminal matter such as contract dispute usually seeking monetary compensation

• libel

• civil case

• docket

• precedent

a court composed of military personnel, for the trial of the accused of violating military law

• court-martial

• criminal case

• record

inspired our civil laws; a written code of rules that guided an ancient society of Babylon

• Code of Baburabbi

• Code of Hammurabi

• Constitutional Law

• Criminal Law

Security given for the release of a jailed person that guarantees his or her attendance at all required court.

• Court order

• Security bond

• Bail

The hearing at which the accused is formally charged, their rights read, and the accused make a plea.

• Acquittal

• Indictment

• Arraignment

Process in which the defendant in a criminal case and the prosecutor work out a satisfactory disposition of the case.

• Plea bargaining

• Sentence bill

• Sentence indictment

A plea in which the defendant neither admits nor denies the charges.

• No contest

• No bill

• Plea bargaining