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Assignment 1
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Assignment 2
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Assignment 3
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ASSIGNMENT 1 ANSWERS
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Answer the following questions regarding the courts in your state:
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1. Are there limited jurisdiction courts in your State?
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Answer: The state considered here is, Texas in the United States. Federal courts are the courts that h
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ave limited jurisdictions. They only hear the cases which are approved by the United States constituti
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on. District courts are the first level of federal courts where limited jurisdiction exists, followed by cir
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Answer: There are four federal district courts in the State of Texas. They are divided into United Sta
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tes District Courts of the Northern District, Eastern District, Southern District, and Western District of
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vTexas. There are 14 courts of appeals in Texas which have intermediate jurisdiction in civil and crim
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inal cases which are appeals from the country courts. And lastly the Supreme court of Texas
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b. What types of cases can each of those courts preside over?
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Answer: The cases in the district court of Texas consist of criminal cases, divorce cases, election cas
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es, civil matters, and any other matters which are not placed in the trial court. The circuit court consis
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ts of the civil and criminal case which is appealed by district courts. The Supreme Court of Texas is t
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he resort of civil matters in the US. Texas Court is the resort of criminal matters.
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Answer: In the State Texas of United States, the general jurisdiction court is a district court.
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a. How are those courts organized—by county, district, etc.?
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Answer: The geographical area covered by each court is formulated by the Legislature of th
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e United States; however, each country is served by a minimum of one district court.
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b. Does that court have appellate jurisdiction over cases from any limited jurisdicti
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ted in the districts; it covers both civil and criminal cases.
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3. What are the appellate jurisdiction courts in your state?
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Answer: The appellant courts in States Texas consist of the Supreme Court, 14 intermediate courts of
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the appellant, and a court of criminal appeals.
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a. Is there an intermediate appellate court? What is it called and is it a single cour
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Answer: There are 14 intermediate courts of appeals. They have jurisdiction in civil and criminal mat
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ters from the district courts in each of their geographical court of appeals of district state. They have
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b. What is the highest appellate court?
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Answer: The court of Criminal appeals is the highest appellate court in the state Texas of The Unite
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ASSIGNMENT 2 ANSWERS
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Question:

Access the website for your state‘s legislature. How many groups of statutes are there (these may be
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The Texas legislature is a legislature of the United States state of Texas. It consists of 31 senate mem
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bers and 150 house of representatives. The state legislature of Texas is met every two odd-
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During the session, bills are introduced by the legislators for approval. The bills which are approved
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by the law are arranged into codes referred to as Texas Statues. These statutes are online published a
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nd printed. There are 31 statutes codes available in the Texas statutes. The statutes available on the T
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exas Legislature website are updated as per the 87th 3rd Legislative session held in 2021.
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The Texas Statues are as follows:
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vil practice and remedies code
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