Bill of Rights Vocabulary
Across
- 2. required by law or a rule; obligatory; mandatory; required
- 4. the institution and conducting of legal proceedings against someone in respect of a criminal charge
- 5. the lawyer or lawyers conducting a case
- 6. admit (a foreigner) to the citizenship of a country.
- 11. be stationed or lodged in a specified place
- 12. the list
- 14. actively break the terms of (a law, agreement, etc.
- 15. a real or imagined wrong or other cause for complaint or protest, especially unfair treatment
- 18. remedy or compensation for a wrong or grievance
- 19. force or oblige (someone) to do something; pressure; push
- 21. a formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority with respect to a particular cause
- 22. belongings
Down
- 1. something, typically money, awarded to someone as a recompense for loss, injury, or suffering
- 3. danger of harm; in danger, in peril
- 7. treating all rivals or disputants equally; fair and just; unbiased; objective
- 8. entrust (a task or responsibility) to another person, typically one who is less senior than oneself
- 9. resistance to; nonsusceptibility to
- 10. a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group of people.
- 13. the action of capturing someone or something using force; to take away
- 16. curtail; take away (rights or privileges)
- 17. interpret (a word or action) in a particular way
- 20. a breach of a law or rule; an illegal act; crime; misdemeanor