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| The power and authority givin to a court to hear a case and to make a judgment |
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| Authority of a court to try a case its first time heard |
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| The United States courts of Appeals |
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| Local Courts that handle minor matters such as misdemeanors and civil actions involving small amounts of money |
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| A minor child under a certain age who has committed an adult crime. |
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| Is one who is homeless, destitute, or without adequate parental care |
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| Happens when the parties to a dispute and invite a third partyinto the decision making process to help them find a sloution |
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| Combines the best aspects of mediation and arbitrition |
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| In a private civil trial, the parties can hold the trial at a time and a place of their own choosing |
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| The defendents response to the alligations filed by the plaintiff in the complaint |
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| The courts determination or decision in a case |
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| Money or other property that is left with the court to assure that a person who has been arrested, but released will return to trial |
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| Procedure in which the acused is brought to court is to read the indictment containing info regarding the crime and is asked to plead guilty or not guilty if the person proceeds not guilty the case proceeds to trial. if the person pleads guilty , the judge may impose sentencing |
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| Cases that involve citizens of different states and in which the amount of money exceedds 75,000 |
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| The courts between the lower and higher courts |
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| Any party to a suit decided in a federal district court may appeal to the federal court of appeals in the circuit where the case was tried. |
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| A general trial that handles criminal and civil cases. All cases that involve major crimes and large amounts of money must begin in one of these courts |
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| not submissive or conforming to rule; ungovernable; turbulent; intractable; refractory; lawless |
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| The Alternative Resolution |
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| The proccess outside of the usual system by which parties may attempt to solve their disputes by using creative settlement disputes |
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| The submission of a dispute to an unbiased third person designated by the parties to the controversy, who agree in advance to comply with the award—a decision to be issued after a hearing at which both parties have an opportunity to be heard. |
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| When considering dispute resolution processes, arbitration and mediation are traditionally considered to be the favored avenues. However, they are not generally successful if the parties have a significant difference of opinion over how a jury will value a case |
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| is a clause incorporated in the agreement entered between the parties specifying a method for resolving disputes that may arise under that agreement between the parties. |
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| The decision made by members of a jury after they deliberate |
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| Action when a person is deprived of his or her freedom by a police officer |
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| Law. a formal accusation initiating a criminal case, presented by a grand jury and usually required for felonies and other serious crimes. |
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| 3. What are the two court systems in the U.S.? |
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| 4. What is the source of the federal court systems authority? |
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| Federal matters and matters involving diversitys of citizenships |
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| 5.In what kind of case does a federal district court have original jurisdiction |
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| Both civil and criminal cases are heared |
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| 6. When are police allowed to search a vehicle without a warrant? |
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| If the person who was driving the vehicle has been arrested |
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| 7. How does a verdict deffer from a Judgement |
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| The Verdict is th e disscussion between the Judge and Jury abiut the deision and the Judgement is when they pronounce the decision to the people |
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| 8.Describe the rights of an arrested person |
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| The Miranda warning requires that people be told what crimes they are being arrested for and the name of the officer arresting them. They also have the right to make a phone call |
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| 10.what happens if a jury cant agree on a verdict? |
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| They have a miss-trial and would retry the case |
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| 11. Under what circumstances might a judge commit a juvenile offender to a reform school? |
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| This happens when both probation and foster homes have failed |
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