Chapter 7: Section 2
The Judicial Branch: Our Federal Court System

Use the answers at right to fill in the blanks.

1) The first court to have the right to hear a case has ___________________
jurisdiction.

2) Persons accused of breaking a military law are tried at a _________
_______,
which is conducted by military officers.

3) An official court order for a person to appear in court in order to testify is called a ________________________.

4) Courts that have the power to review cases coming up from lower trial courts are said to have ___________________ jurisdiction over those cases.

5) The lowest court in the Federal court system is the _______________court.
It hears cases involving situations where a federal law has been broken.

Extra credit: State (in a full sentence) one type of case the is handled by the Supreme Court.

Original

Appellate


US District Court


Subpoena


Supreme Court


Court martial

 


 


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