Unit 7 Vocab 1

in civil law, the party who brings a suit or some other legal action against another (the defendant) in court

• plaintiff

• defendant

• civil case

• criminal case

in a civil suit, the person against whom a court action is brought by the plaintiff; in a criminal case, the person charged with crime

• prosecutor

• plaintiff

• defenedent

• docket

the power of a court to hear a case first before any other court

• appellate jurisdiction

• writ of certiorari

• writ of habeas corpus

• original jurisdiction

court decision that stands as an example to be followed in future, similar cases

• misdemeanor

• docket

• precedent

• defendant

a case in which a defendant is tried for committing a crime defined by the law

• civil case

• criminal case

• docket

• plaintiff

a case involving a noncriminal matter such as contract dispute or a claim of patent infringement

• civil case

• docket

• defendant

• criminal case

a lesser offense, punishable by a small fine and or a short jail term

• plaintiff

• docket

• misdemeanor

• percendent

a court list of cases to be heard

• docket

• plaintiff

• criminal case

• civil case

an order by a higher court directing a lower court to send up the record in a given case for review

• writ of certiorari

• appellate jurisdiction

• writ of habeas corpus

• misdemeanor

the authority of a court to review decisions of inferior (lower) courts

• writ of certiorari

• appellate jurisdiction

• criminal case

• civil case