Law
Across
- 3. system of law based on the previous decisions of judges or precedents
- 4. equal opportunity for all people to make use of the legal system
- 8. a court official who hears cases in the lowest court of law
- 10. to release an accused person who is awaiting trial. Another person usually guarantees to pay a large sum of money if the accused does not later appear in court on a certain date
- 11. a court official who has the power to make decisions on matters brought before a court of law
- 12. the party in a criminal or civil trial against whom an action has been brought
- 14. an application for a legal decision to be reviewed in a higher court
- 15. to bring a civil action against another person for causing damage or injury
- 16. a process to determine whether someone committed a criminal act or caused another person a loss
- 17. a place where people can resolve disputes relating to law
Down
- 1. any system of things in a graded order
- 2. deals with disputes that affect the community
- 3. a document which set out how body or a country will be governed
- 5. the party that commences civil action
- 6. deals with disputes between private citizens
- 7. laws made by parliments
- 9. a previous legal decision that serves as a rule or pattern in future cases
- 11. a group of people selected to hear the the evidence in a court case
- 13. disorder or confusion due to the absence of government or law