KYUS HEIT

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Across
  1. 3. law developed by judges through the decisions of court
  2. 6. to take legal action against another person for a criminal offence
  3. 13. a situation where a person breaches a duty to exercise reasonable care to avoid a foreseeable risk, resulting in another person being injured or suffering a risk of injury
  4. 14. a legal principle developed by a court in the process of resolving a dispute
  5. 15. unlawful damage to a person’s good reputation through written or verbal statements
  6. 16. interference with someone’s enjoyment of public or private property
  7. 17. the accidental or unintentional killing of one person by another person
  8. 19. the party in a civil or criminal trial against whom an action has been brought
  9. 20. the most common or well known express right
  10. 21. the level of proof required to establish a case. In criminal law, the prosecution must prove that the accused is guilty beyond reasonable doubt
  11. 22. the Queen’s authority in the Australian parliament, represented by the Governor-General at the federal level and a Governor at the state level
  12. 23. the killing of one person by another person
  13. 24. a body of people (typically twelve in number) sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court
Down
  1. 1. a proposed law that has not yet been agreed to by parliament or received royal assent
  2. 2. a law passed by Parliament
  3. 4. a court official who hears cases in the lowest court in the legal system
  4. 5. laws laws made by parliament
  5. 7. the main political party in the lower house of parliament not in power
  6. 8. the legal principle describing who has to prove a case in court. In a criminal trial, this burden is on the prosecution
  7. 9. a tort (civil wrong) involving direct and intentional interference with a person, or a person’s land or goods
  8. 10. laws, considered collectively
  9. 11. a situation where a legally binding agreement is not honoured by one or more of the parties to the contract
  10. 12. legally responsible for a civil wrong
  11. 18. a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives