https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl en-us 2023-03-19 21:41:41 UTC 2025-04-02 14:09:20 UTC hello@padlet.com jacmcc6613 https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522519947 A supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in most legal jurisdictions. Other descriptions for such courts include court of last resort, apex court, and high court of appeal. Broadly speaking, the decisions of a supreme court are not subject to further review by any other court.]]> 2023-03-19 21:43:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522519947 jacmcc6613 https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522520228 A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges]]> 2023-03-19 21:44:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522520228 jacmcc6613 https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522520837 A jury is a sworn body of people convened to hear evidence and render an impartial verdict officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a penalty or judgment. Juries developed in England during the Middle Ages and are a hallmark of the English common law system]]> 2023-03-19 21:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522520837 jacmcc6613 https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522521921 a person, especially a public official, who institutes legal proceedings against someone.]]> 2023-03-19 21:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522521921 jacmcc6613 https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522522457 In common law, a defendant may use defenses to prevent or limit liability.]]> 2023-03-19 21:48:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522522457 jacmcc6613 https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522522769 An appeal is a challenge to a previous legal determination. An appeal is directed towards a legal power higher than the power making the challenged determination.]]> 2023-03-19 21:48:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522522769 jacmcc6613 https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522523150 Due process of law is application by state of all legal rules and principles pertaining to the case so all legal rights that are owed to the person are respected. Due process balances the power of law of the land and protects the individual person from it.]]> 2023-03-19 21:49:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522523150 jacmcc6613 https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522523339 A search warrant is a warrant signed by a judge or magistrate authorizing a law enforcement officer to conduct a search on a certain person, a specified place, or an automobile for criminal evidence.]]> 2023-03-19 21:49:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522523339 jacmcc6613 https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522523576 reasonable grounds (for making a search, pressing a charge, etc.).]]> 2023-03-19 21:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522523576 jacmcc6613 https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522523932 A criminal case is a lawsuit brought by the state against a person who has broken a criminal law. ]]> 2023-03-19 21:50:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522523932 jacmcc6613 https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522524182 the prosecution of a person twice for the same offense.]]> 2023-03-19 21:51:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522524182 jacmcc6613 https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522524836 In law, certiorari is a court process to seek judicial review of a decision of a lower court or government agency. Certiorari comes from the name of an English prerogative writ, issued by a superior court to direct that the record of the lower court be sent to the superior court for review]]> 2023-03-19 21:51:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522524836 jacmcc6613 https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522525092 Habeas corpus is a recourse in law through which a person can report an unlawful detention or imprisonment to a court and request that the court order the custodian of the person, usually a prison official, to bring the prisoner to court, to determine whether the detention is lawful. ]]> 2023-03-19 21:52:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522525092 jacmcc6613 https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522525277 Appellate jurisdiction means that the Court has the authority to review the decisions of lower courts.]]> 2023-03-19 21:52:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522525277 jacmcc6613 https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522525463 the legally authorized killing of someone as punishment for a crime.]]> 2023-03-19 21:53:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522525463 jacmcc6613 https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522525696 Concurrent jurisdiction exists where two or more courts from different systems simultaneously have jurisdiction over a specific case. This situation often leads to forum shopping, as parties will try to have their civil or criminal case heard in the court that they perceive will be most favorable to them.]]> 2023-03-19 21:53:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522525696 jacmcc6613 https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522525867 A dissenting opinion is an opinion in a legal case in certain legal systems written by one or more judges expressing disagreement with the majority opinion of the court which gives rise to its judgment.]]> 2023-03-19 21:54:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522525867 jacmcc6613 https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522526274 An ex post facto law is a law that retroactively changes the legal consequences of actions that were committed, or relationships that existed, before the enactment of the law.]]> 2023-03-19 21:55:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522526274 jacmcc6613 https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522526561 a jury, typically of twenty-three people, selected to examine the validity of an accusation before trial.

]]> 2023-03-19 21:55:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522526561 jacmcc6613 https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522526816 In the United States, the Miranda warning is a type of notification customarily given by police to criminal suspects in police custody advising them of their right to silence and, in effect, protection ]]> 2023-03-19 21:56:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522526816 jacmcc6613 https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522527203 a law that prohibits the use of illegally obtained evidence in a criminal trial.

]]> 2023-03-19 21:56:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522527203 jacmcc6613 https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522527432 In law, a concurring opinion is in certain legal systems a written opinion by one or more judges of a court which agrees with the decision made by the majority of the court, but states different reasons as the basis for their decision]]> 2023-03-19 21:57:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522527432 jacmcc6613 https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522527796 Involuntary servitude or involuntary slavery is a legal and constitutional term for a person laboring against that person's will to benefit another, under some form of coercion, to which it may constitute slavery.]]> 2023-03-19 21:57:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522527796 jacmcc6613 https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522527982 the official power to make legal decisions and judgments.]]> 2023-03-19 21:58:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522527982 jacmcc6613 https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522528278 a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation.]]> 2023-03-19 21:58:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522528278 jacmcc6613 https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522528486 conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch.]]> 2023-03-19 21:59:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522528486 jacmcc6613 https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522528651 the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.]]> 2023-03-19 21:59:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522528651 jacmcc6613 https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522528859 Substantive due process is a principle in United States constitutional law that allows courts to establish and protect certain fundamental rights from government interference, even if only procedural protections are present or the rights are unenumerated elsewhere in the U.S. Constitution.]]> 2023-03-19 22:00:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522528859 jacmcc6613 https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522529022 A writ of assistance is an order directing that a party convey, deliver, or turn over a deed, document, or right of ownership. This writ, which may also be called a writ of restitution or writ of possession, usually serves as an eviction from real property.]]> 2023-03-19 22:00:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522529022 jacmcc6613 https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522529188 Exclusive jurisdiction exists in civil procedure if one court has the power to adjudicate a case to the exclusion of all other courts.]]> 2023-03-19 22:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jacmcc6613/ntr2r4v0vqwsa6vl/wish/2522529188