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- 3. law body of law that relates to non criminal rights
- 5. opinion an opinion written by an appellate judge or supreme court justice that disagrees with the majority in a case.
- 8. law the law established by an act of the legislature, signed by the executive
- 10. power of the court to adjudicate cases and issue orders
- 11. a crime punishable by less than a year in jail
- 12. review the authority that gives supreme court ability to interpret the constitution
- 16. law a body of unwritten laws based on legal precedents established by the court
- 18. of four the practice of granting a petition for review with at least 4 votes
- 19. a crime punishable by a term of imprisonment of 1 year or more
- 20. an individual against whom a lawsuit is filed
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- 1. law body of law that relates to crime
- 2. of law the principle in which all persons, institutions, public or private, are accountable to laws
- 4. court General trial courts of the federal court system
- 6. the attorney charging and trying against the person accused of the crime
- 7. justice the presiding judge of the supreme court
- 9. court The state and federal courts.
- 13. opinion An opinion that agrees with the majority but not with the rationale
- 14. court Part of the judicial system that handles reviewing appeals from legal cases from a lower court
- 15. the process in which a judge follows the decisions made by previous judge for a case
- 17. opinion An appellate opinion agreeing with the court’s judgment.