Criminal vs Civil Law
Law concerned with private relations between members of the community.
What is civil law?
The highest court in the U.S.
What is the Supreme court?
Also known as "The People's Court".
What is the District court?
A deal made by the prosecution to lessen the sentence for the defendant (Defendant pleads guilty).
What is Plea Bargaining?
A criminal offense defined as less serious than a felony.
What is a misdemeanor?
Law concerned with the punishment of those who commit crimes.
What is criminal law?
Jury of 6 (Civil) or a jury of 12 (Criminal).
Has one judge with a 15 year term, and deals with both Appellate and original jurisdictions.
What is the circuit court?
Party that is being sued, or accused of committing a crime.
What is the defendant?
A jury, normally of 23 jurors, selected to examine the validity of an accusation before a trial.
What is the Grand jury?
Law that deals with serious crimes.
What is criminal law?
Has a panel of 3 judges.
What is the Court of appeals?
13 judges with panels of 3, with cases appealed from circuit court.
What is the Court of special appeals?
A legal representative who officially accuses someone of committing a crime by bringing a case against that person in a court of law.
What is a Prosecutor?
A formal accusation initiating a criminal case, presented by a grand jury and usually required for felonies and other serious crimes.
What is Indictment?
Law that deals with damages to a person or property.
What is civil law?
A courts power to hear appeals from lower courts.
What is Appellate Jurisdiction?
Known as the state supreme court.
What is the Court of Appeals?
When the guilt of a criminal defendant is not clear after a thorough examination of the evidence (or lack of evidence).
What is beyond a reasonable doubt?
Sufficient reason based upon known facts to believe a crime has been committed or that certain property is connected with a crime.
What is Probable cause?
What is criminal law AND civil law?
The courts power to hear and decide a case before any appellate review.
What is Original Jurisdiction?
The next number in the sequence.
1,1,2,3,5,8,13,
What is 21?
A serious crime (such as murder or rape) or any crime against a federal institution.
What is a felony?
A document that requires it's recipient to appear in court as a witness.
What is a subpoena?