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| National judiciary bans the country with its more than 120 courts. Each of the 50 states |
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| The authority of a court to hear a case. |
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| the authority over a court to review decisions of inferior (lower courts). |
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| The power of a court to hear a case first before any other court. |
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only court created specifically by the Constitution.
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| have original jurisdiction over most cases that are heard in the federal courts. Hear both criminal and civil cases and hear the most cases. |
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| created by Congress there are 12 courts of appeal in the judicial system. Created to relieve the Supreme Court of much of the burden of hearing appeals from the district Courts. |
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| under inferior courts they do not exercise the broad judicial power of the U.S. Created by congress to hear cases arising out of some expressed power. |
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| the two courts are constitutional courts and special courts. |
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| 4 out of 9 justices must agree that a case should be put on the Court’s docket. |
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| In civil law, the party who brings a suit or some other legal action against another (the defendant) in court. |
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| In civil suit, the person against whom a court is brought by the plaintiff; in a criminal case, the person charged with the crime. |
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