BTG Lawyer puzzle
Across
- 2. Negligence by a professional as a breach of duty of care
- 7. Latin term for an unwelcome duty often linked to negligence
- 10. Type of testator's will, handwritten and signed
- 11. Proceedings held before trial to simplify the issues
- 13. HAGUE International tribunal location for war crimes
- 15. Informal term for a lawyer
- 16. Initials of the legislation that established American federal environmental regulations
- 17. The person who files a lawsuit
- 19. Law that regulates the structure and enforcement of contracts
- 20. Document detailing the terms of an agreement
- 21. An agreement between two parties that creates mutual legal obligations
- 22. Relating to the sea and maritime navigation
- 24. A legal wrong or breach of duty leading to civil legal liability
- 25. OF RIGHTS The first ten amendments to the US Constitution
- 26. Legal principle meaning "let the decision stand"
Down
- 1. Judge’s direction to a jury about the applicable law in a case
- 3. Type of lawyer who primarily performs transactional work
- 4. A court order requiring a person to do or cease doing a specific action
- 5. CASE Type of lawsuit where one party sues another for personal harm
- 6. Word describing an agreement or contract that is enforceable by law
- 8. Legal doctrine that allows a person to use reasonable force in self-defense
- 9. The ability of a court to hear and decide a case
- 12. The legal right to use a property owned by another
- 14. Action to recover possession of property
- 18. Surname of the Supreme Court justice who became the first African-American on the Court
- 19. The body of law concerning crimes and offenses
- 23. Right of a government to take private property for public use, with compensation