(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
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The way that the courts/judicial branch settle disputes
Trial
Laws passed by the federal or state governments.
Statute
A body of unwritten laws based on previous rulings made by judges
Common Law
To ask a higher court to reverse the decision of a trial court after final judgement
Appeal
The first questioning of a witness by the side that called the witness to the stand
Direct Examination
The lowest level of federal courts where cases start and trials are held.
District Courts
When the Supreme Court has decided how a law should be interpreted for future cases
Precedent
The person who brings legal action against another person
Plaintiff/ Prosecutor
The section of the Constitution that established the Judicial Branch
Article III
Local laws that only apply in the cities or counties.
Ordinances
A request that the Supreme Court order a lower court to send up the case for review
Writ of Certiorari
When two sides argue in court about how a statute or regulation should work.
Lawsuit
A trial determining if a law has been broken and what the punishment should be
Criminal Trial
Laws that help settle disagreements between people.
Civil Laws
Crimes that result in less than a year in jail or being fined.
Misdemeanors
Court officer who is responsible for giving the oath to jurors and witnesses. Also, in charge of court paperwork and physical evidence
Court Clerk
The collection of all federal statutes ever passed.
The United States Code
The follow-up questioning of a witness by the side that did not call the witness to the stand
Cross-Examination
A written code of rules that guided the ancient society of Babylon; dates back to 1772 B.C
Code of Hammurabi
The power to declare laws unconstitutional. The main check on the other two branches
Judicial Review
A system for handling when someone under 18 breaks a law
Juvenile Justice
The branch of government that interprets/judges the laws
Judicial Branch
A trial between individuals or groups to determine if damages have occurred
Civil Trial
Rules that the agencies within the executive branch are allowed to make.
Regulations
The person who is being accused in a court case
Defendant
A police officer, and court official who keeps order and looks after prisoners
Bailiff
A court that reviews cases to see if the judge applied the law correctly. No jury or trial
Appellate Court
Court officer who records, word for word, everything that is said as part of the trial
Court Reporter
Criminal laws that apply to people in the military.
Uniform Code of Military Justice
The highest level of federal court that hears cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and state supreme courts.
Supreme Court
Serious crimes that usually result in more than a year in jail
Felonies
