vocab
Across
- 1. Condition of release of accused person without payment of bail
- 4. "After the fact"; fixing or changing punishment for an act after it was committed, now forbidden by U.S. Constitution.
- 7. Oral evidence given by witness
- 8. Transfer of accused fugitive from state where arrested to state where charged
- 9. "Have the body", court order requiring that detained prisoner be produced in court to inquire into legality of detention
- 12. Damages in excess of actual loss awarded to wronged plaintiff to punish defendant
- 14. Holding of prisoner without bail
- 16. Written authority allowing one person to act for another
- 19. Legally authorized period of delay
- 20. Legislative act limiting time in which plaintiff may bring civil suit or state may bring criminal action
- 22. Consideration of case by jury, as opposed to by judge or arbitrator
- 24. Official Inquiry or examination before jury; coroner's investigation of cause of death
Down
- 2. "I do not wish to contest"
- 3. Command to appear in court and testify
- 5. Defendant's answer to plaintiff's declaration; accused's answer to criminal charge
- 6. Written court order issued to serve administration of justice; usually stipulating that something be done or not be done.
- 10. Written questions answered under oath
- 11. Legal case contested in court
- 13. Isolate jury
- 15. Criminal charges made by grand jury
- 17. Annul or rescind a document decision or offer
- 18. Intentional abandonment of right
- 21. Offer money or property to fulfill an obligation
- 23. Action to recover actual item of personal property rather than its value