Court Case Vocab

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Across
  1. 9. Court order preventing parties from taking actions
  2. 11. Group of people who decide if a person is guilty or not guilty
  3. 12. Official decision by the court
  4. 14. Serious crime
  5. 16. Final decision on a civil or criminal case
  6. 17. When a criminal defendant pleads guilty or not guilty
  7. 19. Lawyer
  8. 20. Person being accused
  9. 21. An invalid trial (errors caused the trial to be thrown out)
  10. 22. A formal statement, sometimes with evidence, given to the court
Down
  1. 1. Hearing in which the defendant pleads guilty or not guilty
  2. 2. When one party sues another party
  3. 3. When a criminal defendant is found guilty
  4. 4. Defendant is found not guilty
  5. 5. Official of the judicial branch
  6. 6. One party requests a higher court review the decision
  7. 7. Proof
  8. 8. A court’s command to give testimony
  9. 10. To charge someone with a crime
  10. 11. Legal authority
  11. 13. Punishment the court gives to the person convicted of the crime
  12. 15. Property
  13. 17. Person who brings a lawsuit against another
  14. 18. Prior to the trial, money paid to remain out of jail……
  15. 23. Minor crime