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| the power and authority given to a court to hear a case and make a judgment. |
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| authority of a court to try a case the first time it was heard. |
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| the united states of appeal |
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| local courts that handle minor matters such as misdemeanors and civil actions involving small amounts of money. |
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| a minor child under a certain age generally 16-18 who has committed an adult crime. |
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| procedure in which the accused is brought to court, is read the indictment containing information |
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| the defendants response to the allegations. filed by the plaintiff in the compliant |
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| the courts determination or decision in a case. |
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| money or other property that is left with the court to assure that a person who has been arrested but released. |
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| cases that icvolve citizens of different states and in which the amount of money in dispute exceeds 75,000 |
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| the courts between the lower and higher courts. |
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| any part to a suit decided in a federal district court may appeal to the federal court of appeals in the |
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| seize (someone) by legal authority and take into custody. |
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