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Term | Definition |
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Litigate | allow courts to resolve disputes |
Mediator | develope a solution to both sides |
Arbitrator | hold informational trial to determine what happened |
Court | government forum that administers justice |
Trial Court | Dispute is first heard |
Verdict | Decision of the case |
Original Jurisdiction | Initiak decisions of fact and law |
Appellate Court | Goes over lower court cases to determine if error of law |
Transcript | verbatim record of what went on in trial |
Appellate Briefs | written arguements on the issue of law. |
General Jurisdiction | Can hear almost any case |
Specialized Jurisdiction | Hears only a specific kind of case |
Writ of Certiorari | order that compels the court to turn it over to the Supreme Court |
Court of Record | Keeps account of what goes on in trial |
Associate Circuit Court | Name of lower court |
County court | lower court |
Municipal Court | usally devided into traffic or nontraffic divisions |
Small Claims Court | Minor individual suits that handels cases having to do with small amounts of money |
Juvinile Courts | a juc=vinile is intitled to his or her constitutional rights including right to an attorney |
Probate Courts | Court that administers wills and estates |