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What is a body of law that relates to crime.
Criminal law
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What is the presiding judge in the Supreme Court of the United States
chief justice
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What is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review in the United States
Marbury v. Madison
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What is a court that sits in more than one place in a judicial district:
circuit courts
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What is a judicial philosophy holding that the courts can and should go beyond the applicable law
judicial activism
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What is a attorney appointed by local government officials to represent the state in a criminal case.
prosecuting attorney
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What is a legal system originating in mainland Europe and adopted in much of the world.
civil law
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What is a American politician and lawyer who served as the fourth chief justice of the United States from 1801 until his death in 1835
John Marshall
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What is the trial courts of the U.S. federal judiciary.
federal district courts
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What is the refusal to exercise judicial review in deference to the process of ordinary politics
judicial restraint
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What is a crime of high seriousness
felony
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What is a jury a group of citizens empowered by law to conduct legal proceedings,
grand jury
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What is where two or more courts from different systems simultaneously have jurisdiction over a specific case.
Concurrent Jurisdiction
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What is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States
supreme court
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What is review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.
judicial review
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What is a body of people convened to render an impartial verdict officially submitted to them by a court,
jury
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What is the right of a court to hear a case for the first time
original jurisdiction
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What is any court of law that is empowered to hear an appeal of a trial court or other lower tribunal
appellate jurisdiction
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What is an impartial adviser, often voluntary, to a court of law in a particular case.
amici curiae
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What is the official power to make legal decisions and judgments.
jurisdiction
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What is an agreement in criminal law proceedings,
plea bargaining
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What is any governmental entity or person acting on behalf of a State or local jurisdiction that has the authority to assess, impose, levy, or collect taxes or fees.
local jurisdiction
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What is a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Fifth Amendment to the U.S
Miranda v. Arizona
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What is a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime.
indictment
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What is the state of being confined in prison; imprisonment.
incarceration
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