Across
- 4. a kind of law that refers to the proper steps that must be applied and the rules that must be followed in any legal action
- 6. agreements or arrangements that are not necessarily part of a formal contract but nevertheless impose obligation
- 11. a law passed by our elected representatives at either the federal or provincial level
- 12. law dealing with negligence
- 13. very important facts used in determining precedent
- 16. when a legislation falls within a government's jurisdiction
- 17. law law that is based on judicial decisions, as opposed to areas of law governed mostly by statutes
- 18. the person being sued
- 19. to withdraw
- 20. the person bringing the case against another before the court
Down
- 1. lying under oath
- 2. latin for "to stand by what has been decided and not to disturb settled matters"
- 3. this trial system permits the judge to ask questions
- 5. when a law is outside of a government's jurisdiction
- 7. these sources include the laws and cases that were codified
- 8. the philosophy or science of law
- 9. the initial draft or outline of a law to be proposed into federal or provincial legislature
- 10. sources that have influenced our ideas and values about law over hundreds and even thousands of years
- 14. court located within a small community and usually administered by local inhabitants
- 15. commands in the name of the sovereign