Legal Jargon

To ask a high law court to change its decision or sentence.

• appeal

• dispute

• charge

• sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Someone who is accused of a crime in a criminal case.

• defendant

• plaintiff

• claimant

• prosecutor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

to hold a trial against a person who is accused of a crime to see if that person is guilty

• arrest

• charge

• fine

• prosecute

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Jurisdiction

• buying and selling between two or more states

• courts use prior cases as a guide for deciding similar new cases (provides stability in the law)

• power to decide a case

• buying and selling between two or more states

Jury

• a panel of citizens sworn by a court to decide issues of fact in court cases

• courts use prior cases as a guide for deciding similar new cases (provides stability in the law)

• :created by judicial branch, made from court decisions in actual cases

• used to provide remedies against individuals

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Injunction

• a court order for a person to do or not do a particular act

• laws enacted by legislative branches of state and US governments, inferior to US constitution

• private wrongs against people or organizations

• defines and sets punishments for offenses against society

This person is a lawyer who conducts the case against a defendant in criminal court. (aka tries to prove the suspect is guilty)

• defense attorney

• prosecutor

• grand jury

• expert witness

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

This person is an individual who is accused of something in the court of law.

• defendant

• prosecutor

• grand jury

• expert witness

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A jury is responsible for determining the...

• testimony

• witnesses

• verdict

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

This person is allowed to testify at a criminal trial because they have special knowledge about that topic.

• defendant

• prosecutor

• grand jury

• expert witness

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D