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| judicial | Pertaining to judgment in courts of justice or to the administration of justice. |
| judiciary | Pertaining to the judicial branch or system or to judges. |
| court | A place where justice is administered. |
| Supreme Court | The highest federal court of the U.S. |
| federal court | A court of a federal government, especially one established under the Constitution of the United States. |
| circuit court | A court holding sessions at various intervals in different sections of a judicial district. |
| circuit court of appeals | Any of the courts of appeals in the U.S. federal judicial system before 1948. |
| district and specialized courts | The lowest federal court of general jurisdiction. |
| rule of four | The rule for selecting cases for the Supreme Court. If four justices want to hear a case, the Court will accept it. |
| writ of certiorari | A legal document ordering a lower court to send a case to the Supreme Court for review. |
| per curiam rejection | In the Supreme Court: an unsigned document that affirms a lower court's decision. |
| decision | A judgment, as one formally pronounced by a court. |
| opinion | The formal statement by a judge or court of the reasoning and the principles of law used in reaching a decision of a case. |
| state court | Courts of state law; 95% of cases in the US take place in state courts. |
| judicial | Pertaining to judgment in courts of justice or to the administration of justice. |
| judiciary | Pertaining to the judicial branch or system or to judges. |
| court | A place where justice is administered. |
| Supreme Court | The highest federal court of the U.S. |
| federal court | A court of a federal government, especially one established under the Constitution of the United States. |
| circuit court | A court holding sessions at various intervals in different sections of a judicial district. |
| circuit court of appeals | Any of the courts of appeals in the U.S. federal judicial system before 1948. |
| district and specialized courts | The lowest federal court of general jurisdiction. |
| rule of four | The rule for selecting cases for the Supreme Court. If four justices want to hear a case, the Court will accept it. |
| writ of certiorari | A legal document ordering a lower court to send a case to the Supreme Court for review. |
| per curiam rejection | In the Supreme Court: an unsigned document that affirms a lower court's decision. |
| decision | A judgment, as one formally pronounced by a court. |
| opinion | The formal statement by a judge or court of the reasoning and the principles of law used in reaching a decision of a case. |
| state court | Courts of state law; 95% of cases in the US take place in state courts. |
