Unit 3 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. the authority given by law to a court to try cases and rule on legal matters within a particular geographic area and/or over certain types of legal cases.
  2. 8. federal and state courts exist side-by-side.
  3. 10. a court's authority to hear any type of case which is not vested in another court
  4. 11. "body of the crime". In its original sense, the body in question refers not to a corpse but to the body of essential facts that, taken together, prove that a crime has been committed.
  5. 16. a legal principle that directs courts to adhere to previous judgments (or judgments of higher tribunals) while resolving a case with allegedly comparable facts.
  6. 17. requires courts to apply the law in the same manner to cases with the same facts
  7. 18. a court order requiring a person to do or cease doing a specific action.
  8. 19. a legal standard of proof required to validate a criminal conviction in most adversarial legal systems.
  9. 20. they can only hear cases authorized by the United States Constitution or federal statutes.
Down
  1. 1. Appellate jurisdiction refers to the power of a court to hear appeals from lower courts.
  2. 3. the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which hears criminal appeals on questions of state law; and the Texas Supreme Court, which hears appeals of civil matters involving state law.
  3. 4. the final decision made by a court or tribunal.
  4. 5. of a court is the power to hear a case for the first time, as opposed to appellate jurisdiction, when a higher court has the power to review a lower court's decision.
  5. 6. the authority or power that each court has over certain types of legal disagreements (disputes).
  6. 7. a crime punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than one year or by the death penalty.
  7. 9. fair treatment through the normal judicial system, especially as a citizen's entitlement.
  8. 12. an amount of evidence that is enough to persuade you that the [State/Defendant]'s claim is more likely true than not true.
  9. 13. A minor crime, punishable by a fine or a light jail term
  10. 14. a written law passed by a legislative body.
  11. 15. A tort is a civil wrong, other than breach of contract, that causes a claimant to suffer loss or harm, resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the tortious act