Chapter 9 Legal Vocabulary
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This chapter is perhaps the most important of all chapters in this book. A good understanding of the state and federal court systems, jurisdiction, venue, and legal procedures is essential if the students are to advance to responsible lawyer's assistant positions. The Iawyer's assistant who drafts pleadings and performs legal research is usually very knowledgeable about procedural law and can be of great assistance to the lawyer. The importance of this material cannot be overemphasized.
Topics of this game:
- Request that the supreme court order a lower court to send of the record of the case for review.
- The authority of a court to render a binding judgment over the matter in dispute.
- The actual geographic area over which the court has authority.
- Refers to a specific session in which a court is hearing cases.
- The statutory are written law that governs rights and obligations of those who are subject to it.
- Law enacted by Congress, state legislatures, and local governments.
- The peace officer of the court responsible for keeping order and maintaining appropriate courtroom decorum.
- What are the requirements to become a bailiff?
- Who announces “all rise” in the voice that can be heard by all?
- Authority of a court to hear matter based on geographical location.
