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| authority shared by both federal and state courts. |
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| the authority of a trial court to be first to hear a case. |
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| authority held by a court to hear a case that is appealed from lower court. |
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| a person engaged in a lawsuit. |
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| fourteenth amendment clause stating that the government must follow proper constitutional procedures in trials and in other actions it takes against individuals. |
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| group that hears charges against a suspect and decides whether there is sufficient evidence to bring the person to trial. |
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| a formal charge by a grand jury. |
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| a trial jury,usually consisting of 6 or 12 people, that weighs the evidence presented at a trial and renders a verdict. |
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| a region containing a United States appellate court. |
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| a system in which the president submits the name of a candidate for judicial appointment to the senators from the candidate's before formally submitting it for full Senate approval. |
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| traveling to hold court in a justice's assigned region of the country. |
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| a written explanation of a Supreme Court decision; also, in some states, a written interpretation of a state constitution or state laws by the state's attorney general. |
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