Civics Chapter 7 Vocab

a court system made up of both federal and state courts

• opinion

• dual court system

• jurisdiction

• precedent

to assume to be true

• pressure

• ruling

• presume

• instinct

a courts authority to hear and decide cases

• tenure

• jurisdiction

• presume

• litigant

authority of only federal courts to hear and decide cases

• opinion

• tenure

• exclusive jurisdiction

• subpoena

authority of both federal and state courts to hear and decide cases

• opinion

• concurrent jurisdiction

• precedent

• appellate jurisdiction

the authority of a court to hear a case appealed from a lower court

• exclusive jurisdiction

• appellate jurisdiction

• jurisdiction

• supoena

written document explaining the position of one side or the other on a case

• opinion

• subpoena

• Constitution

• Brief

A judge's workload of cases

• opinion

• docket

• caseload

• ruling

A court's calendar

• ruling

• docket

• opinion

• nullify

to cancel legally

• Brief

• ruling

• nullify

• jurisdiction