CHAPTER 2—COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE Key
1. Which of the following is true of statutes?
2. Which of the following is true of special federal courts?
3. Which of the following is true of appeals made to higher courts?
4. Which of the following statements is true of federal district courts?
5. Which of the following is true of the United States Supreme Court?
6. Which of the following is true of trial courts?
7. In the federal courts,the executive officer is called a _____.
8. _____ laws are those that state how parties are to go forward with filing civil actions and how these actions
are to be tried.
9. The individual against whom a case is filed is called the _____.
10. Which of the following is true of a jury trial procedure?
11. The chief function of the court is to interpret and apply laws from any source to a given situation.
12. The location where a case is to be tried is known as a venue.
13. Appellate courts conduct the original trial of cases.
14. Appellate courts include courts of appeals and supreme courts.
15. Probate courts handle divorce and child custody cases.
16. A chief officer is known as a judge in a state court of record as well as in a federal court.
17. The written request that begins a civil suit is called a summon.
18. It is simpler to file a suit in a court of record than in an inferior court.
19. In a small claims court, there is no jury and a judge tries the case.
20. Describe the procedure for filing a suit in a small claims court.