Judicial Branch Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. The part of the government that has to do with the court system (2 words, no spaces)
  2. 3. To make a request to a higher court to review or retry a case
  3. 4. “_________ Law” Laws regulating the Navy
  4. 7. “_________ Law” Laws passed by a lawmaking body, such as Congress
  5. 11. Having the power to hear a case only after it has been tried in a lower court (2 words, no spaces)
  6. 13. A decision by a judge or jury at the end of a trial
  7. 14. The right of a court to be the first court to hear trials about certain kinds of cases (2 words, no spaces)
  8. 15. To charge a person with a crime, usually done by a special kind of jury after it has looked at all the legal evidence
Down
  1. 1. “_____ Jury” A special jury that studies the evidence of a crime and decides if the evidence is strong enough to indict a specific person with that crime. It has more than 12 people in it
  2. 2. Judges of the Supreme Court
  3. 4. To declare a person not guilty of a criminal charge; to clear the charges against a person
  4. 5. The power of the Supreme Court to decide whether or not a law passed by Congress or an Executive Order from the President agrees with the Constitution (2 words, no spaces)
  5. 6. “________ Law” Laws having to do with the sea, including transportation, navigation, trade and war on the sea
  6. 8. To find someone guilty of a criminal charge after a trial
  7. 9. (or called a “trial ____”) A group of 12 people who hear the evidence and make a judgment in a criminal or civil trial
  8. 10. “______ Law” Law based on custom and previous decisions of law courts
  9. 12. A legal decision or case that may serve as an example or reason for a later decision or case (2 words, no spaces)