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Across
  1. 2. To ask a higher court to reverse the decision of a trial court after final judgment or other legal ruling.
  2. 4. Real property, real estate (and all that grows thereon), and the right to minerals underneath and the airspace over it.
  3. 6. A condition which prevents one from performing all usual physical or mental functions.
  4. 7. Slang for bona fide purchaser, which means someone who purchased something (e.
  5. 10. In corporations, the record of shareholders, and issuance and transfer of shares on the records of the corporation.
  6. 11. Full, complete, covering all matters, usually referring to an order, hearing or trial.
  7. 13. Of no force or effect; invalid.
  8. 16. In criminal law, the act of law enforcement officers or government agents inducing or encouraging a person to commit a crime when the potential criminal expresses a desire not to go ahead.
  9. 17. A written document which leaves the estate of the person who signed the will to named persons or entities (beneficiaries, legatees, divisees) including portions or percentages of the estate, specific gifts, creation of trusts for management and future distribution of all or a portion of the estat.
  10. 19. Grossly negligent to the extent of being recklessly unconcerned with the safety of people or property.
  11. 20. To remove an attorney from the list of practicing attorneys for improper conduct.
  12. 21. A form of bond certificate issued by a corporation to show funds invested, repayment of which is guaranteed by the overall capital value of the company under certain specific terms.
  13. 22. To refuse to be a judge (or for a judge to agree to a request by one of the parties to step aside) in a lawsuit or appeal because of a conflict of interest or other good reason (acquaintanceship with one of the parties, for example).
Down
  1. 1. A formal written request to a court for an order of the court.
  2. 3. A portion of profit, usually based on the number of shares of stock in a corporation and the rate of distribution approved by the board of directors or management, that is paid to shareholders for each share they own.
  3. 5. What a jury or judge sitting without a jury does at the end of a criminal trial if the jury or judge finds the accused defendant not guilty.
  4. 6. The act of voluntarily terminating a criminal prosecution or a lawsuit or one of its causes of action by one of the parties.
  5. 8. Any article, object, asset or property which one owns, occupies, holds or has under control.
  6. 9. Responsible or obligated.
  7. 12. Plural of right, which is the collection of entitlements which a person may have and which are protected by the government and the courts or under an agreement (contract).
  8. 14. Shareholder in a corporation.
  9. 15. Husband, wife and children.
  10. 16. An essential requirement to a cause of action (the right to bring a lawsuit to enforce a particular right).
  11. 18. An investigation and/or a hearing held by the coroner (a county official) when there is a violent death either by accident or homicide, the cause of death is not immediately clear, there are mysterious circumstances surrounding the death, or the deceased was a prisoner.