Judicial Branch

What is Jurisdiction?

• authority of a court to hear a wide range of cases, both civil and criminal

• division of two separate court systems, federal and state; federal courts have limited jurisdiction over state courts

• the authority of a court to hear and decide cases within an area of the law or a geographical territory

• the authority of the court to hear a particular type of case, depending on the nature of the claim or controversy

An appellate court is where the

• first trial is heard

• appeal is heard

• Supreme Court hears the case

• the case waits to be assigned to a court

The highest court in the federal court system is

• District Court

• Supreme Court

• Court of Appeals

• trial court

How many Supreme Courts are in the federal court system?

• 3

• 1

• 2

• 4

The authority of a court to hear a case from a lower court

• jurisdiction

• original jurisdiction

• appeal

• appellate jurisdiction

A court's authority to hear and decide cases

• jurisdiction

• original jurisdiction

• judicial review

• appeal

A ruling that is used as the basis for a judicial decision in a later, similar case

• brief

• precedent

• subpoena

• opinion

Power of the Supreme Court to say if any government action goes against the Constitution

• judicial review

• opinion

• subpoena

• writ of certiorari

Court that decides whether the original trial was fair

• trial court

• appellate court

• jurisdiction

• judicial review

An order that requires a person to appear in court

• subpoena

• docket

• brief

• writ of certiorari