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Courts
Judicial Branch Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| appeal | a request, made after a trial, asking a higher court to decide whether that trial was conducted properly |
| appellate court | any court that has the power to hear appeals from lower courts |
| circuit court | a court for a defined region of a state (usually including several counties) that has specific divisions and hears cases within those divisions (e.g., family court, criminal court) |
| county court | a court that hears both civil and criminal cases in one specific county |
| judicial review | the power of the U.S. courts to examine the laws or actions of the legislative and executive branches of the government and to determine whether such actions are consistent with the U.S. Constitution |
| jurisdiction | the right and power for courts to interpret and apply the law |
| judge | a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court |
| trial court | the local, state, or federal court that is the first to hear a civil or criminal case; involves a hearing and decision with a single judge, with or without a jury |
| justice | a system of establishing what is legal and illegal by fair rules |
| jury | a group of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law |
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