the courts vocab
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| Dual Court System | The court system in the United States, consisting of one system of state and local courts and another system of federal courts.
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| Jurisdiction | The authority of a court to hear and decide cases.
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| Original Jurisdiction | The authority of a court to hear a case when its first brought to court.
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| Appellate Jurisdiction | The power of a court to review a case for errors of law.
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| General Jurisdiction | The power of a court to hear any type of case.
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| Special Jurisdiction | The power of a court to hear only certain kinds of cases.
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| Subject Matter Jurisdiction | The power of a court to hear a particular type of case.
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| Personal Jurisdiction | A courts authority over the parties to a lawsuit.
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| Writ of Certiorari | A written order, from the U.S. Supreme Court to a lower court whose decision is being appealed, send the records of the case forward for review.
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| Writ of habeas corpus | An order from a court to an officer of the law to produce a prisoner on court to determine if the prisoner is being legally detained or imprisoned.
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| Summary or Bench Trials | Trials without a jury
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| Trial De Novo | A trial in which an entire case is reheard by a trial court of general jurisdiction because there is an appeal and there is no written transcript of the earlier proceeding.
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| Due Process of Law | The procedures followed by courts to ensure that a defendant's constitutional rights are not violated.
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| Incapacitation | The removal or restriction of the freedom of those found to have violated criminal laws.
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| Punishment | The imposition of a penalty for criminal wrongdoing.
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