Judicial Terminology

3. a list of cases to be heard
5. latin meaning “to be made more certain” an order to the lower court to send up the record in a given case for its review.
6. case a case that congress has declared by law to be a federal crime
9. the person who files the suit.
10. an oral argument
12. the person against whom the complaint is made in a suit.
13. ____ Jurisdiction, a court in which a case is first heard.
14. the authority of a court to hear a case.

1. judges should decide cases on the basis of original intent of the framers or the previous statute(S)
2. taking a broader view of judicial power and not afraid to strike down orders and legislation.
4. case involved some no- criminal matters.
7. jurisdiction a court that hears a case on an appeal from a lower court
8. a judicial decision that serves as a guide for settling later cases of a similar nature
11. the transcript of proceedings made in the trial court.