AAERT exam UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
-state supreme court
-intermediate court of appeals
State court system 4 tiers (SISC) -superior, circuit, or district court of general jurisdiction at
the county level
-city or municipal courts
higher state courts possess what jurisdiction
state courts
the 3 types of court are federal courts
the united states supreme court
subject matter
2 types of jurisdiction that all courts have
territorial
a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of
interior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular
writ of certiorari case
(the supreme court issues a writ of certiorari to whatever
lower court las t rules in the case)
res judicata a decided thing
stare decisis let the decision stand
res ipsa loquitur the thing speaks for itself
the united states code
federal statutes are contained within what
USC
typical united states code citation 26 U.S.C. 6652(a)(a)(B)
law enacted by legislature
-congressional and state
statutory law (positive)
-is relatively rigid
-can be civil or criminal
common law (customary)
, old, judge made, body of principles where are authorita-
tive because they are ancient
-legislators did not originate the elements of the original
case number
volume number
court opinions are typically cited by court's name
(CVCPC) page number
court term(year)
"Smith v Thomas, 146 U.S. 782 (2011)
benchmark/landmark decisions significant rulings
doctrine major principles of law
legal research into the ultimate outcome of a case after
appeals
shepardizing
(checking to see whether a prior opinion is still valid or has
been changed by a subsequent ruling)
american law is adversarial
what divides the courtroom the bar
the grand jury returns this when evidence is suflcient to
bill of indictment
warrant a trial
arraignment held to allow a defendant to enter a plea with the court
the standard order of events for criminal and civil trials discovery, trial, decision
filed before a trial
motions in limine asks the court for an order limiting of preventing certain
"on the threshhold" evidence from being presented by the other side at the
trial
parties marshal their evidence
discovery period
interrogatories
2/6
-state supreme court
-intermediate court of appeals
State court system 4 tiers (SISC) -superior, circuit, or district court of general jurisdiction at
the county level
-city or municipal courts
higher state courts possess what jurisdiction
state courts
the 3 types of court are federal courts
the united states supreme court
subject matter
2 types of jurisdiction that all courts have
territorial
a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of
interior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular
writ of certiorari case
(the supreme court issues a writ of certiorari to whatever
lower court las t rules in the case)
res judicata a decided thing
stare decisis let the decision stand
res ipsa loquitur the thing speaks for itself
the united states code
federal statutes are contained within what
USC
typical united states code citation 26 U.S.C. 6652(a)(a)(B)
law enacted by legislature
-congressional and state
statutory law (positive)
-is relatively rigid
-can be civil or criminal
common law (customary)
, old, judge made, body of principles where are authorita-
tive because they are ancient
-legislators did not originate the elements of the original
case number
volume number
court opinions are typically cited by court's name
(CVCPC) page number
court term(year)
"Smith v Thomas, 146 U.S. 782 (2011)
benchmark/landmark decisions significant rulings
doctrine major principles of law
legal research into the ultimate outcome of a case after
appeals
shepardizing
(checking to see whether a prior opinion is still valid or has
been changed by a subsequent ruling)
american law is adversarial
what divides the courtroom the bar
the grand jury returns this when evidence is suflcient to
bill of indictment
warrant a trial
arraignment held to allow a defendant to enter a plea with the court
the standard order of events for criminal and civil trials discovery, trial, decision
filed before a trial
motions in limine asks the court for an order limiting of preventing certain
"on the threshhold" evidence from being presented by the other side at the
trial
parties marshal their evidence
discovery period
interrogatories
2/6
