Court system Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Personal Jurisdiction | a courts authority over the parties to a law suit |
Special Jurisdiction | the power of a court to hear only certain kinds of cases |
General Jurisdiction | the power of a court to hear any type of case |
Appellate Jurisdiction | the power of a court to review a case for errors of law |
Original Jurisdiction | authority of a court to hear a case when it is first brought to court |
Jurisdiction | authority of a court to hear and decide cases |
Dual court system | court system consisting of one system of state and local courts and another system of federal courts |
Summary or bench trials | trials without a jury |
trial de novo | trial in which an entire case is reheard by a trial court of general jurisdiction |
writ of certiorari | written order from the us supreme court to a lower court whose decision is being appealed to send the records of the case forward for review |
writ of habeas corpus | order from a court to an officer of the law to produce a prisoner in court to determine if the prisoner is being legally detained |
complaint | a charging document specifying that an offense has been committed by a person |
arrest warrant | written order directing law enforcement officers to arrest a person |
bench warrant | document that authorizes a suspects of defendants arrest for not appearing in court as required |
rules of discovery | rules that mandate that a prosecutor provide defense counsel with any exculpatory evidence in the prosecutors possession |
plea bargaining | in many jurisdictions the judge agree on a specific sentence to be imposed if the accused pleads guilt to an agreed upon charge or charges instead of going to trial |
incapacitation | the removal of restriction of the freedom of those found to have violated criminal laws |
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