Definition court cases

Define Jurisdiction

• The authority to hear a case for the first time

• A courts authority to hear and decide a case

• The federal courts may hear and decide the case

• When a case may be heard in either state or federal courts

Define Exclusive Jurisdiction

• A courts authority to hear and decide a case

• When a case may be heard in either state or federal courts

• The authority to hear a case for the first time

• The federal courts may hear and decide the case

Define Concurrent Jurisdiction

• When a case may be heard in either state or federal courts

• The authority to review a case appealed from a lower court

• Order for lower court to send its records to supreme court for review

• The federal courts may hear and decide the case

Define Appellate Jurisdiction

• A court's authority to hear and decide a case

• Court Calender

• The authority to review a case appealed from a lower court

• The authority to hear a case for the first time

Define Docket

• Order for lower court to send its records to supreme court for review

• When a case may be heard in either state or federal

• The authority to review a case appealed from a lower court

• Court Calender

Define Writ of Certiorari

• A court's authority hear and decide a case

• The federal courts may hear and decide the case

• Supreme court decisions become the example to follow in future cases

• Order for lower court to send its records to supreme court for review

Define Precedent

• The authority to review a case appealed form a lower court

• Supreme court decisions become the example to follow in future cases

• The federal courts may hear a case for the firs time

• The authority to hear a case for the first time

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D