Judicial Unit Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. To make a request to a higher court to review or retry a case
  2. 4. “_________ Law” Laws regulating the Navy
  3. 6. “_________ Law” Laws passed by a lawmaking body, such as Congress
  4. 7. Jurisdiction Having the power to hear a case only after it has been tried in a lower court
  5. 11. A legal decision or case that may serve as an example or reason for a later decision or case
  6. 13. To charge a person with a crime, usually done by a special kind of jury after it has looked at all the legal evidence
  7. 14. “______ Law” Law based on custom and previous decisions of law courts
  8. 15. A decision by a judge or jury at the end of a trial
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. “________ Law” Laws having to do with the sea, including transportation, navigation, trade and war on the sea
  5. 8. Jurisdiction The right of a court to be the first court to hear trials about certain kinds of cases
  6. 9. Review 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
  7. 10. Branch The part of the government that has to do with the court system
  8. 11. Jury (or called a “trial ____”) A group of 12 people who hear the evidence and make a judgment in a criminal or civil trial
  9. 12. To find someone guilty of a criminal charge after a trial