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