Judge-made law 法官法
Case law 判例法
District court 地區(qū)法院
Circuit court 巡回法院
Court of claims 索賠法院
Original jurisdiction 初審管轄權(quán)
Appellate jurisdiction 上訴管轄權(quán)
Territorial jurisdiction 屬地管轄權(quán)
Probate courts 遺囑檢驗(yàn)法院
Juvenile courts 未成年人法庭
Adversary system 辯護(hù)式訴訟制度
Answer to complaint 答辯狀
Discovery 取證
Pre-trial motion 審前動(dòng)議
Interrogatory 書(shū)面質(zhì)詢(xún)
Motion for summary judgment 即決判決動(dòng)議
Pretrial conference 審前會(huì)議
Trial court 初審法院