Vocabulary
A public official that decides on cases of law.
What is a Judge?
The highest court in the United States, who preside over matters of the US Constitution.
What is the Supreme Court?
What is the Virginia District Courts?
The types of laws that the Federal Government has Jurisdiction of.
What are Federal/National Laws?
A process where a person asks a higher court to review the decision of a lower court.
What is an appeal?
A group of people sworn to decide legal cases based on evidence given to them.
What is a Jury?
The lowest court in the Federal system, having original jurisdiction over all federal crimes.
What is the Federal District Court?
The name of the highest court in Virginia, with appellate Jurisdiction over the Virginia Court of Appeals.
What is the Virginia Supreme Court?
The types of laws that the State courts have jurisdiction over.
What are State Laws?
A person gets convicted of a Misdemeanor, but they want to appeal. Which could would they send that appeal to first?
What is a Felony?
The middle court in the Federal System, who focus on reviewing the decisions of the lower court.
What is the Court of Appeals?
The second lowest courts in the Virginia system, responsible for handling Felony cases as well as civil cases with high dollar amounts.
What are the Circuit Courts?
A type of Jurisdiction in where a court has the right to hear a case first.
What is Original Jurisdiction?
A person gets convicted of a Felony, but wants to appeal the decision. What court would they send the appeal to first?
What is the Court of Appeals?
A less serious crime, with light to medium punishments.
What is a Misdemeanor?
The only type of court in the Federal system which can have a Jury.
What is Federal District Court?
The title of the people in charge of making decisions in the Virginia District Courts.
What are Judges?
A type of Jurisdiction in which a court has the right to review the decision of a lower court.
What is Appellate Jurisdiction?
A person gets convicted of Federal tax evasion, but wants to appeal. Which court would they send their appeal to first?
What is the Federal Court of Appeals?
A type of court case that does not involve the breaking of the law, but rather a dispute between two or more individuals/groups.
What is a Civil Case?
The titles of the 9 people who preside over the United States Supreme Court.
What are Justices?
The court with full appellate Jurisdiction over the only courts in Virginia who can have a jury.
What is the Virginia Court of Appeals?
A person commits a robbery in Virginia, then moves to California and commits another robbery. What court has jurisdiction here?
What is Federal District Court?
What shape do the hierarchy of courts form in the notes? Which direction on that shape do you go when you make an appeal?
What is a Pyramid? and What is higher up?