High courts of last resort help to set justice policy through their exercise of their __________.

A. discretionary appellate jurisdiction
B. mandatory appellate jurisdiction
C. concurrent appellate jurisdiction
D. recurrent appellate jurisdiction


Answer: A

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a. True b. False

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