Law Ed 1.2 Vocad

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Across
  1. 3. A group of people sworn to abide by the laws to determine the truth
  2. 4. Dealt with major civil cases
  3. 7. Law making body of England. Later divided into Parliament and Privy Council
  4. 10. Believed that people are born selfish and need a strong central authority
  5. 11. Accused thrown into a pool of water. A person who sank was judged to be innocent because the water "accepted" him or her, but a person who floated was judged guilty because the water rejected him or her.
  6. 12. English philosopher who advocated the idea of a "social contract" in which government powers are derived from the consent of the governed and in which the government serves the people; also said people have natural rights to life, liberty and property.
  7. 13. A draft of a proposed law presented to parliament for discussion.
  8. 15. An action in which a person steps into a situation to change it in some way
  9. 16. A legal document giving certain rights to a person or company
  10. 19. Wrote the first Law Code of England
  11. 20. A form of written command in the name of a court or other legal authority to act, or abstain from acting, in some way.
  12. 21. A difficult or painful experience, a trial
  13. 22. In early England, the chief law enforcement official in a county, forerunner of today's sheriff.
  14. 23. Power dispersed among many different points, especially political power distributed among many different nobles/landowners/leaders/regions
  15. 25. A systematic collection of statutes.
Down
  1. 1. 1689 laws protecting the rights of English subjects and Parliament from the Monarch of England
  2. 2. Accused person was required to grasp a red-hot piece of metal, to walk across a bed hot coals, or face some other physical task. If burn wound healed, you were innocent.
  3. 5. King Henry II's court of judges. Handeled mainly criminal cases
  4. 6. Britain's law-making assembly divded into the House of Lords and House of Commons
  5. 8. (1672-1702) Dutch prince and foe of Louis XIV who became king of England in 1689.
  6. 9. An officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
  7. 14. King in 1154 and was responsible for creating the common law and jury systems.
  8. 17. A written law passed by a legislative body
  9. 18. (1723-1780) English jurist who explained the common law and who defined the rights of individuals under English law.
  10. 24. A court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.