terms and people
Across
- 2. a request made in an urgent and emotional manner.
- 6. a minor wrongdoing.
- 8. court a court with general jurisdiction over other courts; a higher court
- 10. make a serious or urgent request, typically to the public.
- 11. a decision on a disputed issue in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.
- 14. of appeals a court to which appeals are taken in a federal circuit or a state.
- 15. an action or omission that constitutes an offense that may be prosecuted by the state and is punishable by law.
- 16. law the system of law concerned with private relations between members of a community rather than criminal, military, or religious affairs.
- 17. justice the presiding judge in a supreme court.
- 20. a person who brings a case against another in a court of law
- 22. review review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.
- 23. a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime.
- 24. court the final arbiters of state laws and constitutions.
- 25. court a court of law responsible for the trial or legal supervision of children under a specified age (18 in most countries).
Down
- 1. court the highest judicial court in a country or state.
- 3. call or bring (someone) before a court to answer a criminal charge.
- 4. grand jury grand jury acts as an investigative body, acting independently of either prosecuting attorney or judge.
- 5. court a court having limited jurisdiction over minor civil and criminal matters
- 7. process fair treatment through the normal judicialespecially as a citizens entitlement
- 9. court a legal procedure by which a court oversees the distribution of property of a person who has died
- 12. a wrongful act or an infringement of a right other than under contract leading to civil legal liability.
- 13. a body of people (typically twelve in number) sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court.
- 14. felony one of the most serious crimes
- 16. law a system of laws concerned with crimes and the punishment
- 18. court typically courts of limited jurisdiction
- 19. an individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law.
- 21. the official power to make legal decisions and judgments.