Judicial Branch Vocabulary Quiz Review

Another name for Courts of Appeals

• District Courts

• Circuit Courts

• Supreme Courts

• City Courts

Power of the U.S. Supreme Court to determine if a law is Constitutional

• Jury Duty

• Jurisprudence

• Judicial Review

• Madison Review

A court order to appear in court

• Subpoena

• Sub Sandwich

• Appeal

• Felonies

Person or company filing a complaint in a civil lawsuit

• Defendant

• Misdemeanor

• Plaintiff

• Prosecution

Reason for arrest based on knowledge of the crime and evidence

• Probable Cause

• Unconstitutional

• Subpoena

• Jury of Peers

A person answering a complaint or being accused of a crime in a court case

• Prosecution

• Judge

• Jury

• Defendant

Minor, less serious crimes

• Felonies

• Majors

• Misdemeanors

• Civil Law

When a law is in conflict with the U.S. Constitution

• Conflictable

• Felonies

• Reasonable

• Unconstitutional

Type of jurisdiction a court has when it reviews decisions made by lower courts

• Appellate Jurisdiction

• Lower Jurisdiction

• Original Jurisdiction

• Criminal Jurisdiction

Laws to settle disagreements between people

• Criminal Laws

• City Laws

• Civil Laws

• Ordinances