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Argylls Law 3 HM
Question | Answer |
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Allows a court to resolve their disputes | Litigate |
Person who tries to find solution acceptable for both sides. | Mediator |
Holds informal hearing to determine what happened | Arbitrator |
Governmental forum that administers justice under law. | Court |
Where a dispute is first heard | Trial Court |
Decision | Verdict |
The power to make initial decision | Original Jurisdiction |
Reviews decisions of lower courts | Appellate Court |
Verbatim record | Transcript |
Written arguments | Appellate Briefs |
Can hear almost any case | General Jurisdiction |
Hears one specific case | Specialized Jurisdiction |
Order to turn over record of the case | Writ Of Certiorari |
Account of what goes on at a trial | Court Of Record |
Courts that deal with cases involving less than $25,000 | Associate Circuit Courts or County Courts |
Administers ordinances | Municipal Courts |
Administers wills and estates | Probate Courts |
Act that ordained and established a Supreme Court | Federal Judiciary Act |
Trial between U.S citizen and foreign citizen, or citizen from different state | Diversity Of Citizenship |
Act that established the Federal Courts of Appeal | Judiciary Act |