Criminal Crosswords
Across
- 2. A defense to a criminal charge alleging that the accused was somewhere other than at the scene of the crime at the time it occurred.
- 3. The act of condemning a person or property.
- 5. One human being unlawfully kills another human being.
- 8. The inchoate offense of offering money to someone with the specific intent of inducing that person to commit a crime.
- 10. In a civil matter, the party sued by the plaintiff; in a criminal matter, the party who is prosecuted.
- 12. A crime at common law defined as unlawful sexual intercourse with someone without their consent and by means of fear or force.
- 13. In a civil matter, the party who initiates a lawsuit (against the defendant).
- 15. Person younger than age of 18.
- 16. The crime of stealing something from a person or place.
- 18. Anything (physical or intangible) that can be owned by a person or entity.
- 19. The offense of betraying one’s own country by attempting to overthrow the government through waging war against the state or materially aiding its enemies.
Down
- 1. The crime of demanding money from a person by threatening to tell somebody else a secret about them.
- 4. An ADR method with a neutral person helping the parties find a solution to their dispute.
- 6. A civil or criminal proceeding. May be called an action, suit, or controversy, depending on the jurisdiction and nature of the dispute.
- 7. An appointed or elected official who decides legal disputes in court.
- 9. The process of making an official decision about who is right when two groups or organizations disagree; the decision that is made.
- 11. Any charge of money or property that imposed by a government upon individuals or entities that are within the government's authority to collect.
- 12. The official transcript of a trial or public hearing, including in the case of a trial all evidence introduced.
- 14. A person with first-hand knowledge of an event, that testifies to that knowledge during a trial or other legal proceeding.
- 17. An order issued by a legal authority with administrative or judicial powers, typically a court.