Civics Yr 8

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Across
  1. 2. A court that deals with serious offences requiring trial by jury
  2. 3. A political system where citizens vote for their government
  3. 5. A person who represents other people in court
  4. 6. The body representing the legislative arm of government
  5. 8. Refers to law made by parliament
  6. 10. Lowest level of government in Australia, responsible for things like bin collection
  7. 11. A Judges assistant, officer of the court
  8. 14. Title of the judge in the lowest court in Australia
  9. 16. Title of the leader of the government in Victoria
  10. 18. The process through which the six separate Australian colonies formed to join one united nation
Down
  1. 1. The branch of government that deals with interpreting the law through the courts
  2. 4. Name of Australia's Head of State
  3. 7. Refers to law that deals with protecting the community and punishing offences
  4. 9. The *blank* of proof falls on the prosecution in criminal cases
  5. 10. Refers to law that deals with disputes between two parties
  6. 12. The branch of government containing the head of state
  7. 13. What the state is referred to in Australian criminal cases; what a monarch wears on their head
  8. 15. The highest court in Victoria
  9. 17. A proposed law yet to pass through both houses and gain royal assent