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| the power and authority given to a court to hear a case and made a judgement |
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| diversity of citizenship cases involve citizens of different states in which the amount of money in dispute exceeds $75,000 |
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| the power to hear a case for the first time |
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| court between lowest and highest court |
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| a court having jurisdiction to hear appeals from lower 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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| the court's jurisdiction only on certain types of cases, such as bankruptcy, family matters, etc. |
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| courts that handle criminal and civil cases |
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| a minor under a certain age who has committed an adult crime |
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| a minor who has done something inappropriate that is not considered an adult crime |
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| a child without adequate parental care |
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| parties try to solve a dispute outside of the usual adversarial system by using creative settlement techniques |
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| intervention in a dispute in order to resolve it |
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| parties of a dispute give the power to settle their dispute to a third party |
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| a combines the best aspects of mediation and arbitration |
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| a mock trial is held in order to encourage the parties in a dispute to reach a settlement without going to trial |
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| involve private disputes between two parties |
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| a clause saying the people about to enter a business deal promise to use an alternative dispute resolution technique when disputes arise |
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| defendant's response to allegations against them |
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| the decision made by members of the jury after they deliberate |
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| the court's decision in a case |
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| a person is deprived of his/her freedom |
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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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| a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime |
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| a formal reading of the indictment in the presence of the defendant to inform him/her of the charges against them |
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