Legal Services
Across
- 3. The party sued in a civil lawsuit or charged with a crime in a criminal prosecution
- 4. A person or organization that has suffered as a result of another’s action
- 6. A crime sufficiently serious to be punishable by death or a term in state or federal prison
- 8. An individual or organization that initiates a lawsuit by filing a complaint
- 10. A lesser crime punishable by a fine and/or county jail time for up to one year
- 11. Any proceeding before a judge or other magistrate, without a jury, to determine some issue of fact or law
- 15. Any lawsuit or other resort to the courts to determine a legal question or matter
Down
- 1. To take a court case to a higher court for review
- 2. The result of a criminal trial in which the defendant has been found guilty of a crime
- 5. A constitutional provision guaranteeing an accused person a fair and impartial trial
- 7. A non-lawyer who performs routine tasks requiring some knowledge of the law and procedures and handles much of the paperwork in a variety of legal actions
- 9. A charge of a felony voted by a grand jury
- 12. written statement made under oath to a magistrate, notary public or other official
- 13. A federal or state written law enacted by the Congress or state legislature
- 14. Statutes dealing with crimes against the public and members of the public