THE LAW

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Across
  1. 1. prison
  2. 5. transgression of civil or moral law
  3. 7. a person bringing suit to court (opposed to defendant)
  4. 9. the opposite for "innocent"
  5. 10. first step of a legal action denouncing an infraction (or expression of discontent)
  6. 13. a matter that goes before a judge or a court of law
  7. 14. statement or declaration of a witness under oath, usually in court
  8. 16. elements that prove or disprove something
  9. 17. money that the losing side in a lawsuit must pay to the winning side
Down
  1. 2. case brought to court, legal prosecution
  2. 3. violation of rights
  3. 4. place where justice is administered
  4. 6. a group of people sworn to render a verdict to a court
  5. 8. legally responsible for something
  6. 10. If someone is ... of a crime, he is found guilty of it.
  7. 11. attorney or counselor
  8. 12. money a person must pay as punishment for doing something illegal
  9. 15. prosecute someone to obtain compensation