Law

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Across
  1. 3. system of law based on the previous decisions of judges or precedents
  2. 4. equal opportunity for all people to make use of the legal system
  3. 8. a court official who hears cases in the lowest court of law
  4. 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
  5. 11. a court official who has the power to make decisions on matters brought before a court of law
  6. 12. the party in a criminal or civil trial against whom an action has been brought
  7. 14. an application for a legal decision to be reviewed in a higher court
  8. 15. to bring a civil action against another person for causing damage or injury
  9. 16. a process to determine whether someone committed a criminal act or caused another person a loss
  10. 17. a place where people can resolve disputes relating to law
Down
  1. 1. any system of things in a graded order
  2. 2. deals with disputes that affect the community
  3. 3. a document which set out how body or a country will be governed
  4. 5. the party that commences civil action
  5. 6. deals with disputes between private citizens
  6. 7. laws made by parliments
  7. 9. a previous legal decision that serves as a rule or pattern in future cases
  8. 11. a group of people selected to hear the the evidence in a court case
  9. 13. disorder or confusion due to the absence of government or law