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- •Here is a scheme of the usa court system:
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Task 9.
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Task 10.
Match the beginning with the corresponding ending of each sentence.
From the High Court cases may go on appeal to ...
The highest court, ...
A criminal case usually begins in ...
The Crown Courts ...
The Queen's Bench Division of the High Court...
In a Crown Court trial...
More complex civil cases, such as the administration of estates and actions for the recovery of land, are heard in ...
About 95 % of all criminal cases in England and Wales are tried in ...
The court of the House of Lords consists of about thirty life peers ...
Magistrates sit with a legally qualified clerk, ...
the High Court of Justice, which is divided into three divisions: Family, Chancery and Queen's Bench.
deal exclusively with criminal matters.
considers appeals from lower criminal courts, as well as civil matters.
the civil division of the Court of Appeal, which can reverse or uphold a decision of the lower courts.
the Magistrates' Courts, which deal with petty crimes, that is, less serious ones.
appointed from judges and barristers.
who can advise on points of law.
there are twelve jurors.