AAERT Court Reporter exam - TERMS with 100% correct answers 2024

AAERT Court Reporter exam - TERMSwrit of certiorari - correct answer Order by the Supreme Court directing a lower court to send up the records of a case for review - an appellate court order (especially from the Supreme Court) granting a hearing to an appellant; if a hearing is granted, the lower court is ordered to provide a certified record of the case for the appellate judges to review Res judicata - correct answer (A decided thing) - If the Supreme Court refuses to hear a case, the very last ruling made in the matter stands as the final result. Stare decisis - correct answer Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases On all fours - correct answer Similar in nature Circuit Court of Appeals - correct answer Courts created to have appellate jurisdiction over federal district courts and state supreme courts. There are 12 circuit courts in the US and each comprise a panel of judges to review and rule on a case heard in the aforementioned courts. Federal district courts - correct answer the lowest level of the federal judiciary; these courts usually have original jurisdiction in cases that start at the federal level Writ of mandamus - correct answer compel an agency to perform a specific duty Injunction - correct answer An order which legally prevents something Statutory law - correct answer The body of law enacted by legislature (as opposed to constitutional law, administrative law, or case law).