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  1. 1. an individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law.
  2. 4. the right to make a complaint to, or seek the assistance of, one's government, without fear of punishment or reprisals.
  3. 6. the exercise of the power of judicial review to set aside government acts
  4. 8. American lawyer and civil rights activist who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from October 1967 until October 1991
  5. 11. is a principle or rule established in a previous legal case that is either binding on or persuasive without going to courts for a court or other tribunal when deciding subsequent cases with similar issues or facts.
  6. 13. government granted and nontransferable recognition to an individual who meets personal qualifications related to a lawful occupation.
  7. 14. Latin meaning that means "to be more certain"
  8. 16. a written legal argument that is presented to a court to aid it in reaching a conclusion on the legal issues involved in the case.
  9. 18. party who initiates a lawsuit before a court
  10. 20. is a court operating as a part of the judicial branch, entirely separate from the military establishment.
  11. 21. is the separate judicial opinion of an appellate judge who disagreed with the majority's decision explaining the disagreement.
  12. 22. the official power to make legal decisions and judgments.
  13. 24. American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020
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  1. 2. under Article One of the United States Constitution and the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, which devolves certain powers of the United States Congress to the Mayor and thirteen-member Council.
  2. 3. associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was nominated by President Barack Obama on May 10, 2010, and has served since August 7, 2010.
  3. 5. American retired attorney and politician who served as the first female associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006.
  4. 7. an opinion that agrees with the majority opinion but does not agree with the rationale behind it
  5. 9. limited jurisdiction over smaller, summary matters with a lower monetary threshold than the intermediate courts of each state and territory.
  6. 10. military court for hearing charges brought against members of the armed forces or others within its jurisdiction; also, the legal proceeding of such a military court.
  7. 12. a judicial opinion that is joined by more than half the judges deciding a case
  8. 15. includes all books, papers, maps, photographs, machine-readable materials, or other documentary materials, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made or received by an agency of the United States Government under Federal law or in connection with the transaction of public business and preserved
  9. 17. a legal dispute between two or more parties
  10. 19. enforcing public codes of behavior as embodied in the laws, with the government prosecuting individuals or institutions.
  11. 23. the official summary of proceedings in a court of law