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Application/Example of Appellate Court
Anyone who loses a case can sometimes ask an Appellate Court to review and change the result of a trial
Trials
A formal examination of evidence before a judge
Appellate Court
A higher court
Example/Application of Trials
A person who is accused of a crime goes on trial
Application/Example of precedent
A precedent was set in the District of Columbia v. Heller case
precedent
A rule of law that has been established by a previous ruling by a court of higher authority
Example/Application of Extradition
The first U.S. Extradition treaty was with Ecuador, in force from 1873
Extradition
The process in which one country asks another to surrender a suspected or convicted criminal