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