Judicial Branch Crossword

3. detailed written statement
5. restraint concept that judges should interpret the law, not make it
6. case when defendant is tried for federal crime
7. opinion to make some point not emphasized in the majority opinion
8. authority of a court to try a case
9. also called the “Opinion of the Court”
12. process used when a lower court is not clear of how to rule a case
13. person against whom the complaint is made
15. order by the Court directing lower court to send up a given case for review
17. list of cases to be heard

1. civilian court part of the judicial branch, but separate from the military establishment
2. courts lower federal courts
4. person who files the suite
6. military courts
10. a type of jurisdiction over a case as a result of an appeal from a lower court
11. opinion written by justices who don’t agree with the Court’s majority decision
14. a legal case that establishes principle for later cases
15. case a case involving non-criminal matters
16. transcript of preceding