Civics Unit 7 (Judicial Branch) Vocabulary

The authority to hear a case appealed from a lower court

• Original Jurisdiction

• Appellate Jurisdiction

• Docket

• Judicial Review

A court's calendar; schedule of cases

• Jurisdiction

• Writ of Certiorari

• Docket

• Litigant

An order that requires someone to appear in court

• Nullify

• Precedent

• Docket

• Subpoena

The right to hold an office once a person is confirmed

• Tenure

• Federal

• Ruling

• Precedent

The power of the Supreme Court to strike down a law as unconstitutional

• Dissenting Opinion

• Precedent

• Judicial Branch

• Judical Review

A statement written by a justice that disagrees with the majority opinion

• Judicial Review

• Dissenting opinion

• Nullify

• Writ of Certiorari

The order of a higher court to obtain records of a case from a lower court

• Writ of Certiorari

• Dissenting Opinion

• Judicial Review

• Litigant

One of the parties involved in a lawsuit

• Tenure

• Subpoena

• Precedent

• Litigant

An official decision by a judge or a court that settles a case

• Nullify

• Affidavit

• Ruling

• Precedent

A court's authority to hear and decide cases

• Jurisdiction

• Writ of Certiorari

• Litigant

• Federal