MLE CHAPTER 2 The Legal System

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Across
  1. 1. the branch of government that interprets the law
  2. 3. this type is called common law; case law is based on decisions made by judges
  3. 5. court order to appear in court and bring records
  4. 6. type of contract with agreement shown through inference by signs, inaction, or silence
  5. 8. this type of law concerns relationships that are not criminal
  6. 11. serious crime that carries a punishment of death or imprisonment for more than one year.
  7. 13. type of law that is Civil injury, or wrongful act
  8. 15. the laws that protects public from harmful acts of others
  9. 16. is an unintentional action that occurs when a person either performs or fails to perform an action that a “reasonable person” would or would not have committed in a similar situation
Down
  1. 2. plaintiff or defendant may ask a higher court to review the decision
  2. 3. laws that addresses relationship between individuals and their government
  3. 4. person sued civilly or prosecuted criminally in a court of law.
  4. 7. the person or institution who brings an action into litigation
  5. 9. oral testimony before an officer of the court
  6. 10. the branch that is the lawmaking body (Senate and House of Representatives
  7. 12. the process by which facts are discovered
  8. 14. laws that are established from court decisions and based on precedent.