Law and legal terms
Across
- 3. A group of citizens selected to decide certain court cases
- 5. An official rule established by a government or legal authority
- 10. Information or objects used to establish whether something is true
- 11. A person believed to have possibly committed a crime
- 13. A lawyer who represents an accused person
- 15. A place where people may be confined as punishment for crimes
- 18. Permitted by law
- 19. To formally accuse someone of committing a crime
- 20. A formal court process in which evidence is examined
Down
- 1. A formal decision about guilt in a trial
- 2. A lawyer who represents the state in a criminal case
- 4. Legally responsible for committing a crime
- 6. To take someone into legal custody
- 7. A person who sees an event or gives information about it
- 8. An action that violates criminal law
- 9. Money that must be paid as a legal punishment
- 12. A punishment imposed by a court after conviction
- 13. A person accused in a criminal trial
- 14. A request for a higher court to review a legal decision
- 16. An official who presides over a court
- 17. Prohibited by law