Intro to Vocab - Summative

jurisdiction

• the official power to make legal decisions and judgements

• a person who brings a case against another in a court of law

• part of law that governs relations between legal persons and a government

• the judgment of the lower court is correct and should stand

Plaintiff

• a formal declaration by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law that someone is guilty of a criminal offence

• an individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law

• a person who brings a case against another in a court of law

• part of law that governs relations between legal persons and a government

Defendant

• an individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law

• a person who brings a case against another in a court of law

• legal action taken against someone

• the judgment of the lower court is correct and should stand

Affirmed

• are legal action taken against someone

• a formal declaration by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law that someone is guilty of a criminal offence

• the official power to make legal decisions and judgements

• the judgment of the lower court is correct and should stand

Appeal

• an application to the court requesting that the court make a decision on a certain issue before the trial begins

• a court hearing appeals from the decisions of lower courts

• when someone who loses a case in a trial court asks a higher court to review the trial court's decision

• the official power to make legal decisions and judgements

Court of Appeals

• when someone who loses a case in a trial court asks a higher court to review the trial court's decision

• a court hearing appeals from the decisions of lower courts

• the act of officially accusing someone of committing an illegal act, esp. by bringing a case against that person in a court of law

• a formal declaration by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law that someone is guilty of a criminal offence

The public

• the judgment of the lower court is correct and should stand

• part of law that governs relations between legal persons and a government

• an application to the court requesting that the court make a decision on a certain issue before the trial begins

• the official power to make legal decisions and judgements

Proceedings

• an application to the court requesting that the court make a decision on a certain issue before the trial begins

• a person who brings a case against another in a court of law

• a formal declaration by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law that someone is guilty of a criminal offence

• are legal action taken against someone

File a Motion

• the act of officially accusing someone of committing an illegal act, esp. by bringing a case against that person in a court of law

• a formal declaration by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law that someone is guilty of a criminal offence

• an application to the court requesting that the court make a decision on a certain issue before the trial begins

• when someone who loses a case in a trial court asks a higher court to review the trial court's decision

Prosecution

• the act of officially accusing someone of committing an illegal act, esp. by bringing a case against that person in a court of law

• a court hearing appeals from the decisions of lower courts

• the official power to make legal decisions and judgements

• are legal action taken against someone