Intro to Law- Types of Courts

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Across
  1. 2. someone who transports the prisoners to and from a courtroom
  2. 5. this court hears individual suits where a judge decides and there is no jury
  3. 8. this court hears cases involving minors
  4. 10. these are county courts that hear minor criminal cases, traffic offenses, and small lawsuits
  5. 11. an order that compels the state court to turn over the record of case to the Supreme Court for review
  6. 12. the first court to hear a dispute
  7. 15. this court hears cases involving last wills and testaments and estate law
  8. 16. a verbatim record of what went on at trial
Down
  1. 1. research legal materials and information to aid the judge in making a decision
  2. 3. these courts have original jurisdiction over lawsuits between citizens of different states
  3. 4. a third party who develops a binding and enforceable resolution to a dispute
  4. 6. to resolve disputes in court
  5. 7. written arguments on issues of the law
  6. 9. this court is divided into 2- traffic and criminal
  7. 13. reviews decisions of lower courts when a party claims an error was made
  8. 14. attempt by a neutral third party to achieve a compromise between 2 parties in a dispute