2025 Judicial Vocabulary

The Supreme Court’s power to declare a law unconstitutional and overturn it

• Judicial Review
• Judicial Remand
• Appellate
• Original

To ask a higher court to review your case if you are unhappy with outcome (verdict)

• Verdict
• Sentencing
• Warrant
• Appeal

The outcome of the case; the decision made by the jury in a jury trial or the judge in a bench trial

• Appeal
• Verdict
• Jurisdiction
• Sentence

Items used to prove fact or truth in a case

• subpoena
• evidence
• Judicial Review
• Jurisdiction

An official summons to appear in court

• subpoena
• verdict
• remand
• evidence

Courts that deal with the interpretation of STATE laws

• The Federal Court System
• The Appellate Courts
• The Supreme Court
• The State Court System

A trial where the verdict is determined by a jury, a group of 12 citizens who determine the outcome of the case

• Criminal
• Appellate
• Original
• Jury Trial

When an appellate court upholds, or keeps the original verdict of the trial court the same

• Affirm
• Remand
• Reverse
• Appeal

A trial in which there is NO JURY, only a judge who both oversees the courtroom and determines the verdict

• Jury Trial
• Appellate
• Bench Trial
• Civil

The ability to enforce the law or hear a court case

• Judicial Review
• Verdict
• Remand
• Jurisdiction