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| THE POWER AND AUTHORITY GIVEN TO A COURT TO HEAR A CSE AND TO MAKE A JUDGEMENT |
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| AUTHORITY OF A COURT TO TRY A CASE THE FIRST TIME IT IS HEARD |
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| THE UNITED STATES COURTS OF APPEALS |
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| LOCAL COURTS THAT HANDLE MINOR MATTERS SUCH AS MISEDEMEANORS 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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ANYRECENT ACT OR FAILURE TO ACT ON THE PART OF A PARENT OR CARE TAKER. |
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| INTERVENTION IN A DISPUTE IN ORDER TO SOLVE IT |
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| A FORM OF ARBITRATION IN WHICH THE ARBITRATORS STARTS AS A MDEDIATOR BUT IN THE EVENT OF A FAILURE OF MEDIATION THE ARBITRATOR IMPOSES A BINDING DECISION |
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| A TRIAL WHERE THE PARTIES CAN HOLD THE TRIAL WHEN AND WHERE THEY CHOOSE, AND THEY CAN CHOOSE THE JUDGE |
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| THE DEFENDANT'S REPONSE TO THE ALLIGATIONS FILED BY THE PLAINTIFF IN THE COMPLAINT |
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| THE COURT'S DECISION IN A CASE |
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| MONEY OR OTHER PROPERTY HAT IS LEFT WITH THE COURT TO ASSURE THAT A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN ARRESTED, BUT REALESED, WILL RETURN TO TRIAL |
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| PROCEDURE IN WHICH THE ACCUSED IS BROUGHT TO COURT, IS READ THE INDICTMENT CONTAINING INFORMATION REGARDING THE CRIME, AND IS ASKED TO PLEAD GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY. IF THE PERSON PLEADS GUILTY, THE JUDGE MAY IMPOSE SENTENCING. IF THE PERSON PLEADS NOT GULTY, THE CASE PROCEEDS TO TRAIL |
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| CASES THAT INVOLVE CITIZENS OF DIFFERENT STATES ANS IN WHICH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE DISPUTE EXCEEDS $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 FDERAL COURT OF APPEALS IN THE CIRCUIT WHERE THE CASE WAS TRIED |
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| A GENERAL TRIAL COURT 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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| A MINOR WHO HAS DONE SOMETHING THAT IS INAPPROPRIATE THAT IS NOT CONSIDERED AN ADULT CRIME |
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| THE PROCESS, OUTSIDE OF THE USUAL SYSTEM, BY WHICH PARTIES MAY ATTEMPT TO SOLVE THEIR DISPUTES BY USING CREATIVE SETTLEMENT TECHNIQUES |
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| THE USE OF AN ABITRATOR TO SOLVE A DISPUTE |
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| AN ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOULTION TECHNIQUE, INCREASINGLY BEING USED IN CIVIL DISPUTES IN THE US |
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| A CLAUSE THAT SPECIFIES THAT THE PARTIES TO THE AGREEMENT HAVE PROMISED TO USE AN ADR |
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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 HERFREEDOM BY A POILCE OFFICER |
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| A WRITTEN ACCUSATION TO CHARGE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT IS ISSUED AFTER THE GRAND JURY HEARS EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY OF WITNESSES. |
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WHAT ARE THE 2 COURT SYSTEMS IN THE US |
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US FEDERAL AND STATE COURT |
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| WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF THE FEDERAL COURT SYSTEM'S AUTHORITY |
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| IN WHAT KIND OF CASE DOES A FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT HAVE ORIGINAL JURISDICTION? |
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| CASES INVOLVING FEDERAL CRIMES, CIVIL SUITS UNDER FEDERAL LAW, CIVIL SUITS BETWEEN CITIZENS OF DIFFERNT STATES |
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| WHEN ARE POLICE ALLOWED TO SEARCH A VEHICLE WITHOUT A WARRANT |
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| WHEN THEY HAVE REASONABLE SUSPICION |
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| HOW DOES A VERDICT DIFFER FROM A JUDGEMENT |
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A VERDICT IS MADE BY A JURY
A JUDGEMENT IS MADE BY A JUDGE |
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| DESCRIBE THE RIGHTS OF AN ARRESTED PERSON |
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- RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT
- RIGHT TO AN ATTORNEY
- RIGHT TO BAIL
- MUST BE READ THEIR RIGHTS AT ARREST
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| WHAT HAPPENS IF A JURY CANNOT AGREE ON A VERDICT |
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| A NEW TRIAL MAY BE HELD AT THE OPTION OF THE PROSECUTION. |
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| UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES MIGHT A JUDGE COMMIT A JUVILE OFFENDER TO A REFORM SCHOOL? |
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| IT IS EMPLOYED WHEN BOTH PROBATION AND FOSTER CARE HAVE ALREADY BEEN TRIED AND HAVE FAILED, OR WHEN THSE OPTIONS SEEM UNLIKELY TO WORK |
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