Rachel

6. the person against whom legal action is brought
9. an offense which is injurious to society as a whole
10. a criminal offense which is neither treason nor a felony
12. a judicial order or decree forbidding the performance of a certain
13. person who writes his or her name on the back of instrument
15. a written order sighed by one person requiring the persons to whom it is addressed to pay a particular sum of money to the bearer,either on demand or at a certain time
16. charging a person with a crime and asking for that person's plea
18. recipient of the proceeds of a life insurance policy;one who inherits property as specified in a will
19. an agreement between two or more competent persons which is enforceable by law
20. a criminal offense that is punishable by confinement in prison or by death

1. a relationship of trust and confidence,such as that which exists between partners in a partnership
2. customs that have become recognized by the courts as binding on the community
3. the act of transferring ownership of a negotiable instrument to another party
4. a party who appoints a second party to serve as an agent
5. laws enacted by local municipalities
7. the persons who executes a promissory note
8. movable tangible personal property
11. anything that may be owned
14. laws which seek to promote competition among businesses
17. the change of one of the parties to a contract at the mutual agreement of the original