Legal Terms/Court System Puzzle

1. Making false statements under oath.
2. In civil cases, it is the person who is given court papers and in criminal cases, it is the person who is arrested and charged with a crime.
7. A crime that carries a maximum penalty.
8. A finding that someone disobeyed a court order or is disrupting court, for example, by being loud or disrespectful in court.
10. Money or property given to the court for the temporary release of a defendant, to ensure that the defendant will return to court.
11. When a convicted offender receives a suspended term of incarceration and is then supervised by a probation officer for a period of time set by a judge.
13. When a criminal defendant is brought before a judge after conviction for ordering the terms of the punishment.
14. An attorney appointed and paid by the state who defends a person in a criminal case after the court finds that the person is not able to afford it.

1. The agreement a defendant makes with the prosecutor to plead guilty in exchange for lower charges.
3. A claim by the defendant in a civil action that the defendant is entitled to damages or other relief from the plaintiff.
4. Postponement of a court session until another time or place.
5. A written document prepared by a lawyer or party on each side of a dispute and filed with the court in support of their arguments.
6. A person who testifies to what they saw, heard, observed or did.
9. A jury whose members cannot reconcile their differences of opinion and thus cannot reach a verdict.
12. Asking a higher court to review the decision or sentence of a trial court because the lower court made an error.