Legal Terms

9. Person brought to court and charged with a criminal offense.
10. application to a higher court to review a decision of a lower court or tribunal.
12. By committing the act you are guilty of the offense.
13. The release of an accused from custody pending the trial or conclusion of their case.
14. Material that tends to prove or disprove a particular fact or facts.
15. Law passed by parliament, known as a 'bill' before assent by governor or governor general.
19. Laws concerned with both the rights of the individual and of society as a whole.

1. The killing of one person by another.
2. A civil officer who administers the law.
3. A document issued by a court directing a person to appear before it.
4. A crime.
5. The extent of legal authority or power of the Court to apply the law.
6. A public officer appointed to decide cases in a law court.
7. regulating the behaviour of individuals; a form of private law.
8. lawyer who presents cases in higher courts.
11. The crime of killing a human being without malice aforethought, or in circumstances not amounting to murder.
16. Judicial examination and determination of issues between parties with or without a jury.
17. That part of a proceeding where the parties present evidence and submissions to the Court.
18. A rule established by authority, society, or custom.
20. A person who is charged with a crime.