Crime

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Across
  1. 2. the preparing and enacting of laws by local, state, or national legislatures
  2. 5. military government, involving the suspension of ordinary law.
  3. 9. the official power to make legal decisions and judgements.
  4. 12. to turn an activity into a criminal offence by making it illegal.
  5. 13. a temporary court order issued to prohibit an individual from carrying out a particular action, especially approaching or contacting a specified person.
  6. 14. a breach of a law or rule; an illegal act
Down
  1. 1. the temporary or permanent release of a prisoner before the expiry of a sentence, on the promise of good behaviour.
  2. 3. a court order prohibiting an action by a party to a lawsuit until there has been a trial or other court action.
  3. 4. a threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule.
  4. 6. a formal declaration by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law that someone is guilty of a criminal offence.
  5. 7. the process of taking legal
  6. 8. a person, especially a public official, who institutes legal proceedings against someone.
  7. 10. substance that is not allowed by law or the social customs of a country
  8. 11. an individual who is under an age fixed by law (such as 18 years) at which he or she would be charged as an adult for a criminal act