CIVIL WAR (AH)
Across
- 5. usually relating to settling disputes between private citizens
- 8. lack of discipline or incapacity for discipline and often connotes waywardness or turbulence of behavior.
- 9. the official proving of a will.
- 12. a minor wrongdoing.
- 14. a person or group against whom a criminal or civil action is brought
- 16. a person who has not attained his eighteenth birthday which would have been a crime if committed by an adult.
Down
- 1. the legal process of resolving a dispute or deciding a case.
- 2. a test of the performance, qualities, or suitability of someone
- 3. a place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime.
- 4. choose someone to hold public office or some other position by voting.
- 6. the action of explaining the meaning of something
- 7. having or showing an overly high opinion of oneself
- 10. the amount of money defendants must post to be released from custody until their trial
- 11. a person who brings a case against another in a court of law.
- 13. physical harm caused to something in such a way as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function.
- 14. tendency to commit crime, particularly minor crime.
- 15. crimes that are viewed severely by society