Vocab 4 S.S.

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Across
  1. 2. by, or appropriate to a court or judge.
  2. 4. Court a court of law where cases involving criminal offenses are tried and decided
  3. 6. a minor wrongdoing.
  4. 8. Court A civil court handles legal disputes between individuals, organizations, or private companies, not criminal matters.
  5. 10. a civil officer or lay judge who administers the law, especially one who conducts a court that deals with minor offenses and holds preliminary hearings for more serious ones.
  6. 12. a public official appointed to decide cases in a court of law.
  7. 13. a formal examination of evidence before a judge, and typically before a jury, in order to decide guilt in a case of criminal or civil proceedings.
Down
  1. 1. power and authority of a court to hear and decide a case, or a geographical area over which that power is exercised
  2. 3. a serious crime, typically punished by more than one year in prison
  3. 5. a piece of legislation enacted by a municipal authority.
  4. 7. apply to a higher court for a reversal of the decision of a lower court.
  5. 9. the system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.
  6. 11. a tribunal presided over by a judge, judges, or a magistrate in civil and criminal cases.