Across
- 4. serving as a bad example to deter others from similar behavior
- 6. means "under a judge" or "under judgment"
- 9. a legal process where voters propose a law and force a vote on it by the legislature or by the electorate at large
- 10. attendance in a courtroom, especially to be recognized as part of an ongoing case
- 11. to attach property being held by a third person
- 12. testimony about a statement, writing, or other assertion made outside the court and offered into evidence to prove the truth of its content
- 14. an official license or authorization granted by authority
- 17. means "of its own kind" or "in a class by itself"
- 18. the status of being a person recognized by law
- 19. a proposed statute
- 20. an organized system of statutes or regulations
- 21. having enough of a stake in a controversy to support a relief or remedy prayed for in court
- 22. means "according to the right and good"
Down
- 1. the essential element or main part of a legal dispute or claim
- 2. a contract to hold an offer open for a specified time
- 3. an agreement whereby the trustor gives legal title to some property to a trustee who uses the property for the benefit of a third person
- 5. seizure of property to secure or satisfy a money judgment
- 7. postponement of a trial or other judicial proceedings until another date
- 8. a logo or any other mark used with the intention of authenticating a writing
- 13. means "from the beginning"
- 15. personal property put in a creditor’s possession as security for a debt
- 16. to suspend the running of the prescriptive period
- 20. the identification of a lawsuit by the parties names, the court, the docket number, and the cause of action