US Civics & Government

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