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Across
  1. 1. an intentional misrepresentation or deception employed to deprive another of property or a legal right or to otherwise do them harm.
  2. 3. a notice to the defendant that he/she has been sued and is required to appear in court.
  3. 7. sexual intercourse between a man and a woman without the women's consent.
  4. 11. judge's decision not to allow an objection.Decision by a higher court finding that a lower court
  5. 12. evidence that can be legally and properlyintroduced in a civil or criminal trial
  6. 14. grant by the court in which someone will not face prosecution in return for providing criminal evidence.
  7. 15. a verdict after a trial that a defendant in a criminal case has not been proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt of thecrime charged.
  8. 16. a list of cases to be heard by the court.
  9. 22. inference resulting from a rule of law or the proven existence of a fact that requires suchrule or action to be established in the action.
  10. 25. in a civil case, the person being sued. In a criminal case, the person charged with a crime.
  11. 26. a court's determination of the punishment to be inflicted on a person convicted of a crime.
  12. 29. evidence given by a witness under oath. does not include evidence from documents and other physical evidence.
  13. 30. substituting one creditor for another.
  14. 31. process of taking a person into custody.
  15. 32. a mandatory precept issued by an authority inthe name of the sovereign or the state for the purposeof compelling a person to do something.
  16. 33. document that furnishes objective evidence of activities performed or results achieved.
  17. 36. a warning; a note of caution.
  18. 38. synonymous with the place of trial.
  19. 39. in a criminal proceeding, it is the defendant’s declaration in open court that he or she is guilty or not guilty. The defendant's answer to the charges made in the information.
  20. 40. to agree with the judgment of another.When one court concurs with another, it agrees with or follows the precedent setby that court's decision.
  21. 41. the process by which one state surrenders to another state a person accused or convicted of a crime in the other state.
  22. 42. a trial lawyer representing the government in a criminal case.
  23. 44. criminal offenses considered lessserious than felonies. Misdemeanor are generallypunishable by fine or a limited local jail term in thelocal jail.
  24. 45. confirmation by examination and provision of objective evidence that the particular requirements for a specific intended use are fulfilled.
  25. 46. a court order authorizing law enforcement officers to make an arrest or conduct a search.
  26. 48. a judge's private office.
  27. 49. characterized by reckless disregard of consequences and the safety and welfare of others.
  28. 50. the party who complain or sues, one who applies to the court for legal redress, also calledthe plaintiff.
Down
  1. 2. settled in a court of law.
  2. 4. a written command summoning a specific individual to appear in court under penalty for failure to do so.
  3. 5. judicial examination and determination of issues of law and fact disputed by parties to lawsuit.
  4. 6. the proposition that the use of capitalpunishment actually increases the crime rate bysending a message that it is acceptable to kill thosewho have wronged us.
  5. 8. the complaining party in litigation.
  6. 9. oral or written testimony under oath but outside the court room.
  7. 10. procedure by which a certifying body formally recognizes that a body or person complies withgiven qualifications.
  8. 13. money or security given to secure a person'srelease from custody which is at risk should he/shesubsequently fail to appear before the court.
  9. 17. to strike out, obliterate, or mark for
  10. 18. a judgment of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  11. 19. possession of characteristics that qualify a witness to observe, recall, and testify under oath; personal qualificationof the witness to give testimony which differs from the witness ability to tell the truth.
  12. 20. temporary confinement of a person by apublic authority.
  13. 21. one who testifies to what he/she has seen,heard, or otherwise experienced.
  14. 23. to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion from the court record.
  15. 24. the nature and scope of a court's authority to hear or decide a case. Inherent power andauthority of a particular court to hear and determinecases.
  16. 27. a party is said to have rest its case when it has presented all of the evidence in intends to offer.
  17. 28. the felonious taking of another's property from his person or immediate presence and against his will by means of force or fear.
  18. 30. an agreement by both sides of a case about some aspect of a lawsuit or criminal trial.
  19. 31. in a criminal case, the proceeding inwhich an accused person is brought before a judge tohear the charges filed against him or her and to enter aplea of guilty or not guilty
  20. 34. an act by enforcement agencies that lures an individual into committing a crime not otherwise contemplated for the purpose of prosecuting him/her.
  21. 35. a crime of a graver nature than a misdemeanor, usually punishable by imprisonment in a penitentiary for more than a year or a substantial fine.
  22. 37. to cross-examine a witness a second time after redirect examination.
  23. 43. a statement made during a trial or hearingthat is not based on the personal, firsthand knowledgeof the witness. Statement made out of court andoffered in court to support the truth of the factsasserted in the statement.
  24. 47. the presentation of evidence to counter or disprove facts previously introduced by the adverse party.