English for Law Students

1. resign

2. US Supreme Court

3. court of appeals

4. retrial

5. justice

6. juvenile court

7. Court of Claims

a) the highest federal court in the US, consisting of nine justices and taking judicial precedence over all other courts in the nation

b) a court to which appeals are taken in a federal circuit or a state

c) a court which deals with crimes committed by young people who are not yet old enough to be considered as adults

d) a second or further trial on the same issues and with the same parties

e) voluntarily leave a job or office

f) a judge or magistrate, in particular a judge of the supreme court of a country or state

g) a federal court that tries claims against the government