Across
- 2. 12 - 18 randoms citizens who decide the outcome of a trial.
- 3. The opposite of guilty.
- 5. Balance of _____ (civil law).
- 6. The name for a proposed law.
- 8. The name given to a law once it has been given assent.
- 9. To slander or libel another person.
- 12. Negligence is an example of this type of civil law.
- 13. The level of proof needed in cases.
- 14. The national parliament is also known as ____ parliament.
- 15. A decision made by a judge that guides similar cases.
- 16. The person accused of a crime.
- 18. The upper house of federal parliament.
- 19. Regulations that only apply to a particular group of people.
- 20. Compensation or remedy for wrongs done in a civil case.
- 23. Laws are designed to _____ people in society.
- 25. The process that courts undertake to hear a case.
Down
- 1. The judge presides over this.
- 4. Law made by judges in court.
- 5. The person bringing a case to civil court.
- 7. The lowest level of courts in WA.
- 10. The leader of federal parliament.
- 11. Criminal cases need to be proved beyond reasonable ____.
- 13. Laws that are made in Parliament.
- 17. Murder cases are likely to be heard in this court.
- 20. The fear of punishment is a _____ so people obey laws.
- 21. Apply to a higher court to overturn a decision.
- 22. Bills go through three stages of this.
- 24. A formal rule that applies to all of society.