Ga Judicial Branch Vocab And Court System
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- 1.What is a court that is concerned with reviewing cases after they are initially tried?
- A.
Municipal
- B.
Appellate
- C.
Magistrate
- D.
Superior
- 2.What is a serious crime, punishable by a year or more in prison and/or a fine of $1,000 or more
- A.
Misdemeanor
- B.
Jurisdiction
- C.
Indictment
- D.
Felony
- 3.What is the original case where evidenced is presented, a defense offered, and a decision reached.
- A.
Indictment
- B.
Arraignment
- C.
Trial
- D.
Defendant
- 4.The authority of a court to rule on a certain case
- A.
Jurisdiction
- B.
Civil law
- C.
Criminal law
- D.
Defendant
- 5.What is a less serious crime punishable by less than a year in prison and/or a fine of less than $1,000
- A.
Felony
- B.
Trial
- C.
Misdemeanor
- D.
Juvenile
- 6.What does it mean to be assigned a position or office in the government
- A.
Appointed
- B.
Juvenile
- C.
Felony
- D.
Arraignment
- 7.What is a person accused of a crime in a court of law?
- A.
Plaintiff
- B.
Criminal Law
- C.
Defendant
- D.
Civil Law
- 8.What law defines crimes and provide their punishments? It is broken when state laws are broken (Georgia v. Durkee)
- A.
Indictment
- B.
Civil law
- C.
Arraignment
- D.
Criminal Law
- 9.What is law that deals with disputes between individuals? (Crawford vs. Durkee)
- A.
Civil Law
- B.
Criminal Law
- C.
Indictment
- D.
Arraignment
- 10.What is someone (in GA) under the age of 17?
- A.
Defendant
- B.
Juvenile
- C.
Plaintiff
- D.
Misdemeanor
- 11.What is the formal charge or accusation of crime?
- A.
Arraignment
- B.
Defendant
- C.
Plaintiff
- D.
Indictment
- 12.What is the formal reading of a charge to a defendant, and the defendant answers a plea
- A.
Indictment
- B.
Misdemeanor
- C.
Trial
- D.
Arraignment
- 13.What is a person who brings a case against another person in a court of law?
- A.
Defendant
- B.
Plaintiff
- C.
Criminal law
- D.
Civil law
- 14.How many appelate courts are there in Georgia and what are their names?
- A.
3 - Probate, magistrate, and minicipal
- B.
2 - probate and court of appeals
- C.
2 - Court of appeals and supreme court
- D.
3 - juvenile and court of appeals
- 15.What are the names of the trial courts of Georgia in order from most to least powerful?
- A.
Superior courts, state courts, juvenile courts, probate courts, magistrate courts, municipal courts
- B.
Probate courts, magistrate courts, municipal courts, superior courts, state courts, juvenile courts
- C.
Juvenile courts, municipal courts, probate courts, magistrate courts, superior courts, state courts
- D.
Municipal courts, juvenile courts, probate courts, superior courts, state courts, magistrate courts
- 16.What is the purpose of municipal court?
- A.
Enforce city laws, clean city sewers, traffic violations within city limits
- B.
Ordinance violations, clean city sewers, traffic violations within city limits
- C.
Enforce city laws, ordinance violations, traffic violations within city limits
- D.
Clean city streets, clean city sewers, enforce city laws
- 17.Is there a jury in municipal court? If yes, elected or appointed? If no, judges elected or appointed?
- A.
Jury, elected judges
- B.
No jury, appointed judges
- C.
Jury, appointed judges
- D.
No jury, elected judges
- 18.How many municipal courts are there in GA?
- A.
370
- B.
159
- C.
72
- D.
49
- 19.What is the purpose of magistrate court?
- A.
Handle small civil claims (
- B.
Handle major civil claims (>$15,000), bad checks, arrest warrants, search warrants
- C.
Take care of credit and bill issues, bad checks
- D.
Arrest warrants, search warrants, inspections
- 20.Is there a jury in magistrate court? If yes, elected or appointed? If no, judges elected or appointed?
- A.
Jury, most elected, some appointed by legislature
- B.
No jury, judges appointed
- C.
No jury, most judges elected, some appointed by legislature
- D.
Jury, appointed
- 21.How many magistrate courts are there?
- A.
159
- B.
159 (one per county)
- C.
72
- D.
49 (one per city)
- 22.What is the purpose of probate court?
- A.
Mostly handling property disputes
- B.
Property, wills, estates
- C.
Property, wills, estates, appoints guardians
- D.
Mostly handling wills and estates, appoints guardians
- 23.What licenses do probate court issue?
- A.
Marriage and firearms
- B.
Hunting and fishing
- C.
Hunting and firearms
- D.
Boating and marriage
- 24.Is there a jury in probate court? If yes, elected or appointed? If no, judges elected or appointed?
- A.
Jury, elected, must be a licensed attorney who has practiced law for 7 years
- B.
No jury, judges are elected, must be a licensed attorney who has practiced law for 7 years
- C.
No jury, judges appointed
- D.
Jury, appointed
- 25.How many probate courts are there?
- A.
159 courts (one per county)
- B.
72
- C.
49 (one per city)
- D.
59
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