Review of Court Terms and Constitutional Amendments

Keep the decision of the lower court in effect

Transfer of a case from a lower level to a higher level for a new hearing

• Aquittal

• Appeal

• Writ of Certiorari

• Plantiff

A jury's final decision based on all the facts and evidence presented at trial

• Jury

• Arraignment

• Discovery

• Verdict

Agreement between the plaintiff and defendant to end the dispute

Grant of property right to an inventor

• Patent

• Jurisdiction

• Remand

• Appeal

Party denying or defending against allegations made by the plaintiff

• Victim

• Appeal by Right

• Bailiff

• Defendant

Responsible for deciding what is true in a case; in a criminal case deciding whether or not the defendant has committed a crime

• Judge

• Jury

• Court Reporter

• Bailiff

Only hear civil cases; only hear cases involving a limited amount of money and a limit of $3,000 in damages to be recovered

When one party fails to perform under the requirements of a valid agreement with another party (written or verbal)

Argument between two parties regarding the events which took place and caused the lawsuit to arise.

• Issue of Law

• Verdict

• Civil Courts

• Issue of Fact