Unit 6 Judicial Branch Vocabulary

Due process protections in the 5th & 14th amendments allow the government to treat citizens unfairly.

• True

• False

Chandler decides to sue Ross for slander. What type of case is this?

• civil

• criminal

During ______________________,suspects plead guilty or not guilty.

• arraignment

• jurisdiction

• summons

• misdemeanor

The Supreme Court's power to determine the Constitutionality of laws.

• judicial review

• original jurisdiction

• appellate jurisdiction

• due process of law

What does juvenile mean?

• person under age 18

• a lawyer

• court official

• person accused of breaking the law or being sued

• person filing a lawsuit

What does attorney mean?

• person under age 18

• a lawyer

• court official

• person accused of breaking the law or being sued

• person filing a lawsuit

What does magistrate mean?

• person under age 18

• a lawyer

• court official

• person accused of breaking the law or being sued

• person filing a lawsuit

What does defendant mean?

• person under age 18

• a lawyer

• court official

• person accused of breaking the law or being sued

• person filing a lawsuit

What does plaintiff mean?

• person under age 18

• a lawyer

• court official

• person accused of breaking the law or being sued

• person filing a lawsuit

Which is the proper definition for misdemeanor?

• the authority of a court to review cases from a lower court

• minor crime

• the authority of a court to hear a case for the first time

• serious crime