Unit 6 Judicial Branch Vocabulary Question Preview (ID: 60810)


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Laws that help settle disagreements between people (lawsuits)
a) Probable Cause
b) Civil Law
c) Criminal Law
d) Bail

An individual who bring a complaint in a civil case
a) Judge
b) Plaintiff
c) Defendant
d) Lawyer

A good reason to believe that a suspect has been involved in a crime
a) Misdemeanor
b) Bail
c) Probable Cause
d) Civil Law

Laws that tell how crimes should be punished
a) Criminal Law
b) Civil Law
c) Felony
d) Arraignment

step in criminal case where defendant enters a plea
a) Arraignment
b) Felony
c) Criminal Law
d) Appeal

To ask a higher court to review a decision
a) Felony
b) Appeal
c) Criminal Law
d) Arraignment

A minor crime
a) Plaintiff
b) Civil Law
c) Misdemeanor
d) Probable Cause

Money paid to get out of jail while you wait for a trial
a) Bail
b) Probable Cause
c) Plaintiff
d) Misdemeanor

A court’s authority to hear an appeal of a decision by another court
a) Appellate Jurisdiction
b) Jurisdiction
c) Verdict
d) 5th Amendment

The authority of a court to hear a particular type of court case.
a) 5th Amendment
b) Jurisdiction
c) Verdict
d) Appellate Jurisdiction

Famous court case that established the principle of Judicial Review.
a) Brown v. Bd of Education
b) Plessy v. Ferguson
c) Marbury v. Madison
d) Gideon v. Wainwright

Federal government due process
a) 5th Amendment
b) 14th amendment
c) Marbury v Madison
d) Judicial Review

Decision in a case
a) Appellate Jurisdiction
b) Verdict
c) Jurisdiction
d) 5th Amendment

A group of ordinary citizens who hear a court case and decide a verdict
a) Original Jurisdiction
b) 14th Amendment
c) Judicial Review
d) Jury of peers

State government due process
a) 14th Amendment
b) 5th Amendment
c) Judicial Review
d) Marbury v Madison

A court’s authority to hear a case first
a) Jury of peers
b) Original Jurisdiction
c) 14th Amendment
d) Judicial Review

government must treat accused persons fairly
a) Judicial Review
b) Jury of peers
c) Due Process
d) Original Jurisdiction

The Supreme Court’s power to declare laws unconstitutional
a) 14th Amendment
b) Original Jurisdiction
c) Judicial Review
d) Due Process

The person defends themselves in a court case
a) Defendant
b) Plantiff
c) Judge
d) Lawyer

A serious crime
a) Felony
b) Misdemeanor
c) Civil Law
d) Appeal

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