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1. The official decision of a court finally resolving the dispute between the parties to the verdict.
3. The position of judge. By statute, Congress authorizes the number of judgeships for each district and appellate court.
5. A judge in the full-time service of the court. Compare to senior judge.
8. The study of law and the structure of the legal system
9. The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a certain type of case.
10. The group of people selected to hear the evidence in a trial and render a verdict on matters of fact

2. A judicial officer of a district court who conducts initial proceedings in criminal cases, decides criminal misdemeanor cases, conducts many pretrial civil and criminal matters on behalf of district judges, and decides civil cases with the consent of the parties.
4. A judge's directions to the jury before it begins deliberations regarding the factual questions it must answer and the legal rules that it must apply.
6. A group of citizens who hear the evidence presented by both sides at trial and determine the facts in dispute. Federal criminal juries consist of 12 persons. Federal civil juries consist of at least six persons.
7. A federal judge who, after attaining the requisite age and length of judicial experience, takes senior status, thus creating a vacancy among a court's active judges. A senior judge retains the judicial office and may cut back his or her workload by as much as 75 percent, but many opt to keep a larger caseload.
8. An official of the Judicial branch with authority to decide cases that need to be brought before courts. They are right under the Supreme court Judges.