Chapter 8 Test Review

A court's authority to hear and decide cases

• Authority
• Power
• Control
• Jurisdiction

Which vocabulary word means it is in accordance with the Constitution?

• illegal
• constitutional
• unconstitutional
• invalid

This is the right to hold an office once a person is confirmed

• tenure
• election
• confirmation
• appointment

A judge OR courts workload of cases over a period of time

• case file
• legal brief
• caseload

• court calendar

This is an order that requires a person to appear in court

• indictment
• warrant
• subpoena
• citation

This is a written document explaining the position on one side OR the other in a case

• brief
• statement
• report
• summary

This word means one of the parties involved in a lawsuit

• litigant
• witness
• plaintiff
• defendant

This is the courts calendar...it shows all of the cases they will hear

• schedule

• docket

• planner

• calendar

This word means to legally cancel

• endorse
• revoke

• nullify

• validate

This is a ruling that is used as the basis for a judicial decision in a later, SIMILAR case

• Ruling
• Judgment
• Verdict
• Precedent