| Judiciary Terms | Judiciary Definitions |
| Original Jurisdiction | court gets first hearing |
| Appellate jurisdiction | court recieves an appeal to a case |
| Marbury V Madison | Established judicial review |
| Judicial review | power to declare constitutionality of laws |
| Writ of mandamus | (blank) |
| District courts | trial courts of original jurisdiction |
| Courts of Appeal | appellate jurisdiction only |
| Legislative courts | courts created by congress for special purposes |
| Plaintiff | person bringing charges |
| defendant | person being charged |
| criminal law | involves murder, theft, etc. |
| civil law | involves disputes over rights and property |
| Standing to sue | serious interest in a case |
| Litigants | Participants in a court case |
| Lawyers | Manipulate the law system to win favor for their litigant party |
| Public defenders | provided by gov. for those who cant afford lawyers |
| Jury | group of citizens responsible for the decision of guilt or innocence |
| Audience | people who observe cases for interest group or private purposes |
| Judges | Draws on experience to guide decision making. central figure in court. |
| dual court system | system of one federal and one state court. |
| Federal question case | raises a question about the constitution or a traty |
| Diversity case | involves citizens of more than on state |
| dual sovereignty | state and federal authorities can prosecute for same charges |
| Senatorial courtesy | confirming justices based on senior senators party |
| Supreme court | Highest court in our nation |
| Senate comfirmation | comfirming a presidents nimination for a justice |
| Political ideology | political opinions of an individual |
| Loyalties | personal or political dedication to a person or party |
| Judicial implementation | translation of court decisions to public policy |
| adversarial system | neutral arena in which 2 parties are present |
| judiciable dispute | an actual situation that can be settled by legal methods |
| political question | matter that the constitution leaves to other branches of gov. |