Unit 6 Review - The Judicial System

The authority of a court to hear a specific case or type of case is called

• jurisdiction

• judge

• jury

• justice

to ask a higher court to review a case already heard in a lower court is called

• bail

• defendant

• appeal

• judge

The main job of all courts is to

• make the law

• send people to jail

• interpret and apply the law

• enforce the law

here are typically two types of court cases:

• Criminal and Special

• Criminal and Civil

• Civil and Bankruptcy

• Civil and Uncivil

a case in which the government accuses an individual of breaking the law

• criminal

• civil

a legal case in which one party sues another party in a disagreement, and asks the court to settle the disagreement

• criminal

• civil

True/False: Civil cases never result in prison terms.

• True

• False

A minor crime, usually punishable by one year or less in jail

• Misdemeanor

• Felony

More serious crimes – punishable by a year or more in prison

• Felony

• Misdemeanor

What is being described?

Evidence and witness testimony are reviewed

A judge or jury renders a verdict

If the defendant loses, they can appeal

• Trial

• Plaintiff

• Bail

• Jurisdiction