The Courts Chapter 14, The Courts and the Legal System 1. These have to to with what level of the court hears what types of cases.
Original jurisdiction means the case goes to that court in the first instance.
District courts have only original jurisdication. Appelate jurisdiction means the court hears a case on appeal. The Circuit courts of Appeal exercise only appelate jrusidiction in hearing cases appealed from the district courts. Usually about 180 to 200 cases are heard out of thousands hearings that are requested. To be heard, a case must raise a compelling constitutional issue.