What Is Law?
Across
- 2. the process by which courts decide if laws are constitutional
- 3. the branch of law dealing with crime and punishment
- 5. basic privileges a person as a human being
- 8. limits government to powers provided to it by the people
- 9. the division of power among branches of the government
- 11. a serious criminal offense punishable by a prison sentence
- 12. all law that does not involve criminal matters
Down
- 1. a noncriminal lawsuit, brought to enforce a right or redress a wrong
- 4. the power of each of the three branches of government to limit the other branches power
- 6. a criminal offense punishable by a prison sentence of more than one year
- 7. the division of powers between the government
- 10. the person against whom a claim is made