State Courts - CE 8a
Name __________________________________________________ Date _______________
Use the following terms to complete the selection below. Each term will be used once.
WORD BANK
appeals
Circuit Court
Constitution
General District Court
family
felony
judge
Justices
lower dollar
higher dollar
jury
misdemeanor
Virginia Supreme Court magistrate
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court
bail
Virginia’s court system derives its powers from the Virginia ________________________
and its state laws. The lowest court in Virginia is the _________________________________.
which has original jurisdiction over all criminal ________________________cases and all civil
cases dealing with ________________________ amounts. Also at the lowest level of Virginia
courts is the __________________________________________________which has original
jurisdiction over juvenile and _________________ cases. In both of these courts the cases are
heard by a _________________ and there is no ____________. There is also a lesser judge
called a __________________________________ who can issue search warrants, subpoenas,
summons, and arrest warrants and can set ________________.
The next Virginia court is the ______________________________, which has original
jurisdiction over all criminal _______________________ cases and all civil cases dealing with
__________________ amounts. It is the only court in Virginia to have ____________________
trials. It also hears appeals from the _______________________________________.
The _______________________________________ has only appellate jurisdiction and it
hears appeals from the ____________________________. Because its focus is on legal issues it
has judges and no ____________________.
The court of final appeal in Virginia is the _______________________________________.
It has both original and appellate jurisdiction but it hears mostly ____________________________
cases. The people who sit on this court are called _____________________________.
CE 8a