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3. a sworn statement
5. an article of furniture having a broad, level writing surface
7. a written document that establishes fundamental rights and principles by which a nation governs itself
9. governing document of a home rule city
11. opportunity to be heard
15. a criminal offense defined as less serious than a felony
16. to keep evidence from being presented during a trial
18. any written or positive rule prescribed under the authority of the state or nation
19. one who bonds and obligates him/herself to guarantee the appearance of the defendant in court at times ordered to answer the charges

1. Latin term meaning "to come."
2. a writ ordering an officer to take a person into custody
4. a person appointed to decide matter at issue
5. a determination by a court of the rights and duties of the parties before it
6. a wire stitching machine
8. whose job it is to set bail
9. a person who keeps the records and performs the routine business of a court
10. approves charges and dictates language in charging instrument
12. a feeling of responsibility or remorse for some offense, crime, wrong, etc., whether real or imagined
13. the penalty assessed by a judge or a jury upon conviction
14. the process by which a judge is disqualified from hearing a charge filed in his or her court
17. a place where justice is administered