US Civics & Government

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Across
  1. 4. a writ or order by which a higher court reviews a decision of a lower court.
  2. 7. A noncriminal lawsuit, usually involving private property rights
  3. 8. the official power to make legal decisions and judgments
  4. 10. a person who brings a case against another in a court of law.
  5. 11. the court's authority to hear all kinds of cases, which arise within its geographic area
  6. 12. to power of a court to adjudicate a case to the exclusion of all other courts
  7. 14. a formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority with respect to a particular cause.
Down
  1. 1. the ability to exercise judicial review by different courts at the same time, within the same territory, and over the same subject matter
  2. 2. A court's power to hear and decide a case before any appellate review
  3. 3. the power of a higher court to review decisions and change outcomes of decisions of lower courts
  4. 5. a defendant in a lawsuit, especially one in an appeals or divorce case.
  5. 6. an individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law
  6. 9. friend of the court
  7. 13. a person suspected of a crime is indicted by a grand jury or otherwise charged with the offense by a government official called a prosecutor or district attorney