Unit 7 Vocabulary

A person or government filing a lawsuit.

• Magistrate

• Plea

• Plaintiff

• Juvenile

Under 18

• Juvenile

• Misdeanor

• Appeal

• Neophyte

To apply to a higher court for the reversal of a decision of a lower court

• Plea

• Felony

• Civil Case

• Appeal

A dispute in which one party sues another party

• Criminal Case

• Civil Case

• Get offa my case

• Appellate Jurisdiction

The constitutional protections against unfair actions and laws

• Subpoena/Summons

• Original Jurisdiction

• Due Process of Law

• Madisonian Jurisdiction

The person who is accused of breaking or being sued

• Defendent

• Plaintiff

• Complaintiff

• Magistrate

Money paid to a court to guarantee that the accused will return for trail

• Alimony

• Patrimony

• Bail

• Interest

A lawyer. They represent defendants and prosecute criminals

• Magistrate

• Bail

• Plaintiff

• Attorney

A serious crime

• Misdemeanor

• Warrant

• Felony

• Plea

A minor crime, less serious

• Felony 2

• Habeus Corpus

• Misdemeanor

• Hiatus