Government Vocab Quiz #2

Depending on where you are and what crime is committed the jurisdiction of whatever court you will be tried by differs.  The official power to make legal decisions and judgement

• Plaintiff

• Jurisdiction

• Public Defenders

• Majority Opinion

A judge not using their own preferences into rulings

• Precedent

• Judicial Restraint

• Public Defenders

• Judicial Activism

Rulings based on the judges political views than their thoughts on current law

• Judicial Activism

• Precedent

• Docket

• Grand Jury

example or guide to be considered in subsequent circumstances.

 Using past documents or things for now.

• Precedent

• Plaintiff

• Appellant

• Docket

Lawyers who decide if the prosecuted will be charged for their crimes.

Is Grand Juries

• True

• False

A minor charge that potentially can give you less than a year in jail.

• Misdemeanor

• Jail time

• Bill

• Brief

A lawyer who is open to the public. Whenever you get arrested an officer will tell you that if you can’t afford a lawyer.

• Lawyer

• Private Lawyer

• Public Lawyer

• Public Defender

 The person that files the appeal in a case. The person to accept it is a respondent

• Appellant

• Public Defender

• Judges

• Lawyer

a list of all the court cases like  a history or timeline

• Precedent

• Docket

• Papers

• Judicial Restraint

When most of the people have the same idea or opinion on something

Dissenting Opinion

• True

• False, its Majority