Texas Government 2306 Quiz 3

True or False: If a court has original jurisdiction, it means it's the court that gets to hear the case first. For example Municipal courts typically have original jurisdiction over traffic offenses the occur within city limits.

• True

• False

_____ describes the following step in a civil lawsuit: For many civil lawsuits, both sides are given a period in which both sides are required to share information and evidence with each other.

• Complaint

• Summons

• Discovery

• Trial

_____ is anything the government does to achieve a particular outcome.

• law

• public policy

• public good

• decree

Criminal law refers to which of the following?

• Remedy or relief

• preponderance of evidence

• cases that violate specific penal laws

• cases in which one's reputation is damaged through slander

True or False: Constitutional laws are laws passed by a legislature. In Texas, constitutional law can consist of National Laws (laws passed by the national Congress)

Texas State Statutes (laws passed by the Texas State Legislature)

• True

• False

Original jurisdiction is the power for a higher court to review a lower courts decision. For example, the Texas District Court has appellate jurisdiction over the trial courts.

• True

• False

True or False: If a court has exclusive jurisdiction, it means that only that court can hear a specific case. For example only the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Court can hear appeals for death penalty sentences.

• True

• False

True or False: Even the best-intended policies can have unintended consequences and may even ultimately harm someone, if only those who must pay for the policy through higher taxes.

• True

• False

Court precedents is ______.

• a decree passed by a legislative body and reviewed by the state's supreme court that is either binding on or persuasive for a court or other tribunal when deciding subsequent cases with similar issues or facts.

• a principle or rule established in a previous legal case that is either binding on or persuasive for a court or other tribunal when deciding subsequent cases with similar issues or facts.

Civil law refers to which of the following?

• preponderance of evidence

• punishment and prison time

• evidence of crime beyond a reasonable doubt

• cases that violate specific penal laws