(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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A written, legal document presented to a court arguing why one party should prevail.
Legal Brief
The authority of a court to hear and determine cases.
Jurisdiction
A trial where only the judge hears the evidence and decides the case
Bench Trial
A lawsuit brought by a prosecutor employed by a gov't that charges a person with criminal activity.
Criminal Case
A prior reported opinion which establishes the legal rule on the same legal question.
Precedent
Reviews cases to see if the trial court made a mistake
Court of Appeals
Objects or information used in court to prove what really happened
Evidence
A noncriminal lawsuit usually involving private property.
Civil Case
The party sued in a civil suit or the party charged in a criminal suit.
Defendant
The trial court in the Federal system
District Court
Court that only reviews some cases, usually about the Constitution
The Supreme Court
Court that hears a case for the first time.
Trial Courts
A trial where a group of people listens to the evidence and decides the case
Jury Trial
Asking a higher court to review a case
Appeal
Refers to the power of a higher court to review and revise lower court decisions.
Appellate Jurisdiction
When an appellate court overturns the trial court’s verdict
Reverse
Formally charges a person with a criminal offense.
Indictment
The decision at the end of a case
Verdict
A panel of citizens convened to decide the appropriateness of an indictment.
Grand Jury
Spoken presentations to a judge or appellate court by a lawyer of legal reasons they should prevail.
Oral Arguments
Requires law enforcement to appear before a judge to prove lawful imprisonment.
Habeas Corpus
The gov't attorney charging and trying the case against a person accused of a crime.
Prosecutor
The authority of a court to hold a trial first.
Original Jurisdiction
Constitutional guarantee that all legal proceedings are fair.
Due Process
When an appellate court decides no mistake was made
Affirm
An explicit disagreement by one or more judges with the decision of the majority.
Dissent
A person dissatisfied with a lower court's judgement seeking review by a higher court.
Appellant
Courts above the trial court
Appellate Courts
Courts that hear disputes about laws that apply to the entire United States
Federal Courts
A person with strong interest in a case but not a party to the action.
Amicus Curiae
Courts that hear disputes about the laws of one state.
State Courts
The panel of 12 persons called to issue a verdict in a civil or criminal case.
Petit Jury
A type of writ by which an appellate court decides to review a case.
Writ of Certiorari
When an appellate court sends a case back to the trial court
Remand
The power of the Supreme Court to decide what the Constitution really says
Judicial Review
The term for any party to a lawsuit excluding witnesses and attorneys.
Litigant
