The official power to make legal decisions and judgements.
What is jurisdiction?
100
The power of the court to hear particular types of cases
What is Subject matter jurisdiction
100
Where an appeal from a judgement made in Putnam County Court would be heard
What is Second Department Appellate Division
100
Three main levels of the federal court system.
What is U.S district court, U.S circuit court of appeals and U.S supreme court?
100
New York, Bronx, Kings, Queens and Richmond
What are the five counties of New York City?
200
Serves as trial courts and intermediate appellate courts jurisdiction over civil matters up to $25,000.
What is County Courts?
200
The claim must be 75,000 or more.
The plaintiff and the defendant must be from different states
What are the requirements that need to be made in order to file in Federal court
200
NYS Trial Court, Where Wills,Estates, and trusts are dealt with
What is NYS Surrogates Court
200
A decision by supreme court to hear an appeal from a lower court?
What is writ certiorari?
200
Using the government – its courts – to settle a dispute about a private matter.
What is Civil Procedure?
300
The bases for asserting jurisdiction over non-domiciliaries or his executor or administrator.
What is Long arm Statue?
300
Mainly hears claims against the state or by the state against claimant.
The Court of Claims predominantly does what
300
Another Name for New York State's Supreme Court
What is New York State Intermediate Appellate Division
300
Supreme court
What is the highest federal court in the United States?
300
Two examples are “Money” or “Loss of liberty”.
What is Remedy?
400
Its Jurisdiction somewhat parallels the jurisdiction of NYC civil and criminal courts. Their monetary jurisdictional maximum is $15,000.
What is District Court?
400
Jurisdiction can be broken down into three components what are they
1. whether there is jurisdiction over the person
2. whether there is jurisdiction over the subject matter
3. whether there is jurisdiction to render the particular judgement sought
400
First and Second Departments of the Appellate Division handle this amount of counties
What is Twelve Counties (12)
400
District court
What is resolving disputes by determining the facts and applying legal principles to decide who is right?
400
Must be beyond a reasonable doubt in criminal law, or “by preponderance of evidence” in civil law.
What is Standard of evidence?
500
They have Exclusive Jurisdiction over state claims and are divided into districts where various judges and clerks have offices for administrative convenience. Their official venue is located in Albany.
What is The Court Of Claims?
500
When does the 30 day time limit to seek remand apply
When there is any procedural defect in the notice of the removal and when there is lack of subject matter jurisdiction
500
They are the four Trial courts for New York State
What is NYS Supreme Court, NYS Surrogates Court, NYS Family Court, NYS Court of Claims
500
Court of appeals
What is a court to which appeals are taken in a federal circuit of a state?
500
These districts are not courts. They are solely for administrative purposes, serving to make the functioning of the court more uniform and efficient. There are two or more of them in each department.