ILEC法律英语中的术语理解（1）

注意可不要单纯从字面上来理解它们。比如“crown court”指的就是（英国的）刑事法庭，而不是大家从字面看到的“皇冠法庭”或者“高级法庭”的意思。

1 appellate court (or court of appeals, appeals court)

This is where a case is reviewed which has already been heard in a lower court.

2 crown court

This is where serious criminal cases are heard by a judge and a jury in the UK.

3 high court (or supreme court)

This is usually the highest court in a jurisdiction, the court of last resort.

4 juvenile court

This is where a person under the age of 18 would be tried.

5 lower court (or court of first instance)

This is the court of primary jurisdiction, where a case is heard for the first time.

6 magistrates’ court

This is where small crimes are tried in the UK.

7 moot court

This is where law students argue hypothetical cases.

8 small-claims court

This is where cases involving a limited amount of money are handled.

9 tribunal

This is where a group of specially chosen people examine legal problems of a particular type, such as employment disputes

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