| grandjury | | ____ law: covers actions forbidden by society's government |
| loose | | ____ law: involves disputes between private parties |
| parole | | the term of a federal judicial appointment |
| stare | | ____ contructionist: believing that the law should be interpreted exactly as written |
| district | | legal proceeding where the accused is notified of the charge and asked to enter a plea |
| arraignment | | court order requiring a person's presence |
| administrative | | ____ law: body of law based on judicial rulings |
| Marshall | | a court calendar or schedule |
| misdemeanor | | ____ jurisdiction: power to review lower court cases |
| original | | serious crime for which the penalty is more than a year in prison |
| activism | | formal accusation |
| restraint | | ____ court: trial court of the federal system |
| voirdire | | ____ law: interpretation of the regulations made by departments and agencies |
| brief | | ____ law: laws passed by elected officials, as in legislatures or Congress |
| amicus | | ____ curiae: "friend of the court" briefs written by groups who are not a party to a case |
| statutory | | ____ decisis: upholding precedents of earlier courts |
| precedent | | limited judicial power |
| probation | | written legal argument |
| certiorari | | questioning of potential jurors (2 wds) |
| docket | | ____ opinion: disagrees with the majority outcome and reasoning |
| appellate | | judicial intervention |
| bail | | one of 13 US Courts of Appeals covers a large judicial district called this |
| felony | | ____ courtesy: allowing legislators the privilege of approving a nominee in their state |
| concurring | | citizens impaneled to decide if a government has enough evidence to try someone (2 wds) |
| subpoena | | ____ opinion: agrees with the majority outcome |
| senatorial | | Four justices must agree to hear a case in order for a case to be granted this legal writ |
| dissenting | | less serious crime for which the penalty is less than a year in jail |
| criminal | | ____ jurisdiction: authority to hear a case's initial trial |
| jurisdiction | | sentence where a convicted person is allowed to remain free under supervision and restriction |
| indictment | | previous court ruling that serves as a guiding principle |
| plaintiff | | ____ constructionist: believing that the law should be interpreted relative to current conditions |
| circuit | | chief justice who changed the Supreme Court into a true co-equal branch |
| strict | | early release from prison |
| common | | complainant in a civil suit |
| civil | | amount an accused person must deposit with a court to be released while awaiting trial |
| lifetime | | explanation of a judge's reasoning in reaching a decision |
| opinion | | authority to interpret and administer the law |
