Across
- 3. law/ deals with disputes between private citizens
- 5. law/ system of law based on the previous decisions of judges, or precedents
- 12. reasonable doubt/ the standard of proof required in a criminal trial
- 14. an application for a legal decision to be reviewed in a higher court
- 17. the party bringing a criminal action against the accused; usually the state
- 18. equal opportunity for all people to make use of the legal system
- 19. to release an accused person who is awaiting trial
- 21. a document which sets out how an organisation or a country will be governed
- 23. hearing/ a hearing in a Local Court to decide whether there is enough evidence to put a person on trial for an indictable (serious) offence
- 24. a process to determine whether someone committed a criminal act or caused another person a loss
- 25. the party that commences a civil action
- 26. a set of legal rules
- 27. the party in a criminal or civil trial against whom an action has been brought
- 29. law/ rules applicable to people in the armed forces
- 30. of probabilities/ the standard of proof in civil trials
- 31. a court official who has the power to make decisions on matters brought before a court of law
Down
- 1. a previous legal decision that serves as a rule or pattern in future cases
- 2. dissolution/ a decision made by the head of state to dissolve both houses of parliament
- 4. a civil wrong
- 6. a court official who hears cases in the lowest court of law
- 7. a grading system based on order of importance
- 8. law/ deals with disputes that affect the community
- 9. law/ laws made by parliaments
- 10. a place where people can resolve disputes relating to law
- 11. system/ system in which two opposing parties present their arguments to a magistrate or judge
- 13. traditional indigenous rules that outline the correct way of living
- 15. to bring a civil action against another person for causing damage or injury
- 16. to treat somebody differently or less favourably because of her or his personal characteristics such as gender, ethnicity or religion
- 20. offence/ a serious criminal offence
- 22. a group of people (either 12 or six) selected to hear the evidence in a court case
- 28. disorder or confusion due to the absence of government or laws