Unit 5 Judicial Vocabulary

The Supreme Court's power to overturn any law that it finds in conflict with the Constitution

• Appellate Jurisdiction

• Due Process

• Judicial Review

• Probable Cause

A court’s authority to hear an appeal of a decision by another court

• Appellate Jurisdiction

• Felony

• Original Jurisdiction

• Warrant

A court hearing in which the defendant is formally charged with a crime and enters a plea of guilty, not guilty, or no contest

• Appellate Jurisdiction

• Arraignment

• Due Process

• Warrant

The group of laws that help settle disagreements between people

• Civil Law

• Criminal Law

• Due Process

• Misdemeanor

The group of laws that tell which acts are crimes, how accused persons should be tried in court, and how crimes should be punished

• Arraignment

• Civil Law

• Criminal Law

• Felony

A process by which the government must treat accused persons fairly according to rules established by law

• Arraignment

• Due Process

• Judicial Review

• Probable Cause

A serious crime for which the penalty can be imprisonment for more than one year

• Civil Law

• Criminal Law

• Felony

• Misdemeanor

A minor crime for which the penalty is often a fine

• Civil Law

• Criminal Law

• Felony

• Misdemeanor

A good reason to believe that a suspect had been involved in a crime

• Civil Law

• Criminal Law

• Probable Cause

• Warrant

A legal document, issued by a court, giving police permission to make an arrest, a seizure, or a search

• Due Process

• Judicial Review

• Probable Cause

• Warrant