Cwp exam - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

inferior courts - answer-The lower federal courts, beneath the Supreme Court Jurisdiction - answer-The authority of a court to hear a case concurrent jurisdiction - answer-authority for both state and federal courts to hear and decide cases Plaintiff - answer-One who begins a lawsuit Defendant - answer-an individual or group being sued or charged with a crime original jurisdiction - answer-the authority to hear cases for the first time appellate jurisdiction - answer-The author...

Concurrent jurisdiction - answer-Both state and federal court jurisdiction Federal courts - answer-Bankruptcy jurisdiction Court of international trade - answer-Deals with tariffs Legislative courts - answer-Helps congress exercise its power Us tax court - answer-To sue the IRS Courts of DC - answer-Judicial system for the nations capital US court of appeals for the armed forces - answer-Armed forces highest appeals court Petit jury - answer-After the grand jury's indictmen...

Chiang Kai-shek - answer-A Chinese soldier and statesman who was the head of the Nationalist government from 1928 until 1949. () Mao Zedong - answer-He led China's communist revolution in 1949 against Chiang Kai-Shek and the Nationalist Government. Under his rule, he instituted a series of Five Year Plans and pursued the so-called Cultural Revolution. He was chairman of the People's Republic of China from 1949 to 1959 and chairman of the Communist Party until his death. () Cultural Revol...