Criminal Justice & Court Systems

Defendant

• party accused of a crime or wrong-doing

• person or group of people comprising a legal entity

• said to have taken place, but not proven

Party

• A celebrations

• Person or group of people comprising a legal entity

• party filing a lawsuit

• court trial decided by a judge rather than a jury

Alleged

• party accused of a crime or wrong-doingperson or group of people comprising a legal entity

• said to have taken place, but not proven

Trial by Jury

• said to have taken place, but not proven

• person or group of people comprising a legal entity

• court trial in which a group of people selected from the community decides the

  guilty or liability of the defendant

Plaintiff

• party filing a lawsuit

• legal responsibility

• court trial decided by a judge rather than a jury

• court trial in which a group of people selected from the community decides the

  guilty or liability of the defendant

Liability

• legal responsibility

• court trial decided by a judge rather than a jury

• court-granted remedy requiring a party to perform a particular act or refrain

  from performing a particular act

Jurisdiction

• legally defined area over which an agency has control or authority

• court trial decided by a judge rather than a jury

• court-granted remedy requiring a party to perform a particular act or refrain

  from performing a particular act

Bench Trial

• court trial decided by a judge rather than a jury

• party filing a lawsuit

• person or group of people comprising a legal entity

Equitable Relief

• court-granted remedy requiring a party to perform a particular act or refrain

  from performing a particular act

• legal responsibility

• court trial decided by a judge rather than a jury

Jurisdiction

• legally defined area over which an agency has control or authority

• court-granted remedy requiring a party to perform a particular act or refrain

  from performing a particular act

• court order requiring a person under arrest be brought before a court or judge