Unit 11 Vocab

To grant a prisoner an early release from prison with certain restrictions

• Misdemeanor

• Parole

• Commute

• Appellate Court

Powers that the Constitution does not give to the national government that are kept by the states

• Trial Court

• Reserved Powers

• Supremacy Clause

• Misdemeanor

The person in a civil case who is said to have caused the harm; the person being sued

• Plaintiff

• Federal System

• Appellate Court

• Defendant

The least serious type of crime; a minor crime for which a person can be fined a small sum of money or jailed for up to one year

• Trial Court

• Reserved Powers

• Misdemeanor

• Supremacy Clause

A legislative meeting called for a specific purpose

• Special Session

• Supremacy Clause

• Reserved Powers

• Unicameral

The clause in Article VI of the Constitution that makes federal laws prevail over state laws when there is a conflict

• Trial Court

• Misdemeanor

• Supremacy Clause

• Reserved Powers

The person in a civil case who claims to have been harmed; a person who files a lawsuit

• Appellate Court

• Defendant

• Federal System

• Plaintiff

The sharing of power between the central and state governments

• Plaintiff

• Federal System

• Concurrent Powers

• Defendant

Type of court in which a party who lost a case in a lower court asks judges to review that decision and reverse it

• Malapportionment

• Defendant

• Appellate Court

• Concurrent Powers

Type of court in which a judge or a jury listens to the evidence and reaches a verdict, or decision, in favor of one party in the case

• Trial Court

• Reserved Courts

• Misdemeanor Court

• Supremacy Court