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Latin Terms I
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100
when the Supreme Court sends a case back down to the lower courts for a decision
What is REMAND?
100
this party in a Supreme Court case wants the Court to uphold the lower court's decision
What is a RESPONDENT?
100
There are 94 of these
What are Federal District Courts
100
orders a lower court to deliver its record in a case so that the higher court may review it
What is a writ of certiorari?
100
is a specific or to do or to not do something
What is MANDAMUS?
200
the idea that judges should pay close attention to the precedent when they make their decisions and that any changes that they make to the law should be incremental
What is JUDICIAL RESTRAINT?
200
these are written laws
What are STATUTES?
200
There are 12 of these
What are Federal Circuit Courts?
200
Latin for "you have the body," it is a writ (court order) which directs the law enforcement officials (prison administrators, police or sheriff) who have custody of a prisoner to appear in court with the prisoner to help the judge determine whether the prisoner is lawfully in prison or jail
What is habeas corpus?
200
a guilty mind
What is MENS REA?
300
courts of original jurisdiction
What are TRIAL COURTS?
300
parties must have a substantial stake in the outcome of a case
What is STANDING?
300
A majority of what federal courts do is under this type of jurisdiction
What is appellate jurisdiction?
300
“to stand by things decided”...it is the doctrine of precedent.
What is stare decisis?
300
in place of a parent
What is IN LOCO PARENTIS?
400
an opinion written by a Supreme Court justice that agrees with the decision, but agrees for a different reason
What is a CONCURRENT OPINION?
400
when a case no longer requires a resolution
What is MOOTNESS?
400
The Constitution requires that federal judges must be lawyers.
What is FALSE?
400
Latin for "friend of the court"...a person or group who is not a party to a lawsuit, but has a strong interest in the matter
What is amicus curiae?
400
in fact-existing as a matter of fact rather than of right
What is DE FACTO?
500
penal codes fall under this kind of law
What is CRIMINAL LAW?
500
the idea that any new law should be interpreted in light of the Constitution as it was written in 1787
What is ORIGINALISM?
500
Federal judges can have their salary reduced while in office?
What is FALSE?
500
‘With good faith' – Genuine; real
What is bona fide?
500
to be informed
What is CERTIORARI?