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Criminal Law
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Court System
100
To declare with positiveness; affirm; assert
What is allege
100
Legal redress; the legal means of enforcing a right or redressing a wrong
What is a remedy?
100
A plaintiff and a defendant
Participants in a trial include
100
Authorities try to resolve a dispute outside the court system
What is Alternative Dispute Resolution?
100
The power of a court to hear an appeal
What is an appellate jurisdiction?
200
The first pleading of the plaintiff in a civil action
What is a complaint?
200
A pleading in which a party responds to his or her opponent's statement of position
What is an answer?
200
Criminal prosecutions result in some form of
What is punishment
200
What are allegations
Section of the complaint that states the facts of the suit
200
The US Supreme Court has original jurisdiction over matters that deal with
What are ambassadors, foreign ministers, consuls and foreign ministers?
300
The right, power, or authority to administer justice
What is jurisdiction?
300
A serious crime with a serious penalty
What is a felony?
300
Person that is accused of a crime
What is a defendant?
300
When a defendant has been found to have wronged another it is called
What is criminal liability?
300
The lowest level of the Federal Court System.
What is the district courts?
400
Having the power or authority to review and decide appeals, as a court
What is an appellate court?
400
The burden of proof in a civil case: 51%
What is preponderance of evidence?
400
Criminal cases start with this action
What is the arrest of the defendant?
400
When reaching a decision in a civil case, the jury reaches a decision based on this
What is evidence that carries the most weight?
400
Two parts of the United States system of justice
What is the federal and state court systems?
500
A person who brings suit in a court
What is a plaintiff?
500
Compulsory disclosure; finding evidence
What is discovery?
500
Party that accuses a person of a crime; the plaintiff
What is the prosecutor?
500
Parties to a dispute have a third party called in to help them find a solution
What is mediation?
500
The highest court of the Federal Court system
What is United States Supreme Court?
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