A Lawyer's Lexicon

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Across
  1. 4. serving as a bad example to deter others from similar behavior
  2. 6. means "under a judge" or "under judgment"
  3. 9. a legal process where voters propose a law and force a vote on it by the legislature or by the electorate at large
  4. 10. attendance in a courtroom, especially to be recognized as part of an ongoing case
  5. 11. to attach property being held by a third person
  6. 12. testimony about a statement, writing, or other assertion made outside the court and offered into evidence to prove the truth of its content
  7. 14. an official license or authorization granted by authority
  8. 17. means "of its own kind" or "in a class by itself"
  9. 18. the status of being a person recognized by law
  10. 19. a proposed statute
  11. 20. an organized system of statutes or regulations
  12. 21. having enough of a stake in a controversy to support a relief or remedy prayed for in court
  13. 22. means "according to the right and good"
Down
  1. 1. the essential element or main part of a legal dispute or claim
  2. 2. a contract to hold an offer open for a specified time
  3. 3. an agreement whereby the trustor gives legal title to some property to a trustee who uses the property for the benefit of a third person
  4. 5. seizure of property to secure or satisfy a money judgment
  5. 7. postponement of a trial or other judicial proceedings until another date
  6. 8. a logo or any other mark used with the intention of authenticating a writing
  7. 13. means "from the beginning"
  8. 15. personal property put in a creditor’s possession as security for a debt
  9. 16. to suspend the running of the prescriptive period
  10. 20. the identification of a lawsuit by the parties names, the court, the docket number, and the cause of action