Judical Branch Vocab

The authority to hear certain cases is known as …

• trial court

• due process

• jurisdiction

• judicial review

The power of the Supreme Court to declare laws & actions unconstitutional

• trial court

• due process

• jurisdiction

• judicial review

No state may deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without the __________ of the law

• trial

• due process

• jurisdiction

• judicial review

A person engaged in a lawsuit is known as...

• lawyer

• judge

• litigant

• prosecutor

Which type of jurisdiction is needed for cases involving national or constitutional laws?

• concurrent jurisdiction

• original jurisdiction

• federal jurisdiction

• appellate jurisdiction

Cases involving both state and federal laws fall under which type of jurisdiction?

• concurrent jurisdiction

• original jurisdiction

• federal jurisdiction

• appellate jurisdiction

When a person loses a case, they can have the case heard again because of...

• concurrent jurisdiction

• original jurisdiction

• federal jurisdiction

• appellate jurisdiction

The court where a case is first heard has...

• inaugural jurisdiction

• original jurisdiction

• initial jurisdiction

• appellate jurisdiction

This type of court has original jurisdiction.

• Court of appeals

• Trial court

• Traffic court

• Preliminary court

This Supreme Court Justice increased the power and influence of the Judicial Branch

• John Marshall

• Marshal Johnson

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson