Legal Terminology Quiz

The geographic area or territory that a court serves.

• Jurisdiction

• Circuit

• District Courts

• Stare Decisis

The authority of a court to hear and decide on a case.

• Judicial Review

• Jurisdiction

• Remanding

• Majority Opinion

The right of federal courts to hear certain types of cases.

• Exclusive Jurisdiction

• Appellate Jurisdiction

• Concurrent Jurisdiction

• Original Jurisdiction

The situation in which both state and federal courts have the authority to hear a case.

• Exclusive Jurisdiction

• Concurrent Jurisdiction

• Judicial Review

• Unanimous Opinion

Federal courts where trials and lawsuits begin; they have original jurisdiction over federal cases.

• Appeals Courts

• District Courts

• Jurisdiction

• Circuit

The authority to hear a case for the first time.

• Stare Decisis

• Appellate Jurisdiction

• Original Jurisdiction

• Remanding

Courts that hear and review decisions made by lower courts.

• Appeals Courts

• District Courts

• Exclusive Jurisdiction

• Circuit

The authority of a court to hear a case previously decided by a lower court.

• Judicial Review

• Exclusive Jurisdiction

• Appellate Jurisdiction

• Brief

The act of an upper court sending a case back to a lower court to be heard again.

• Opinion

• Remanding

• Concurring Opinion

• Precedent

The written explanation of the legal reasoning behind a court’s decision.

• Opinion

• Brief

• Majority Opinion

• Docket