Across
- 1. Cases, legal disputes between private parties about rights, contracts, or damages
- 4. Reporter, person who transcribes spoken testimony and creates the official record
- 5. official who presides over the court, rules on law, and manages the trial
- 6. Clerk, court employee who manages filings, records, and administrative tasks
- 9. request to a higher court to review and change a lower court's decision
- 11. person or party accused in a criminal case or sued in a civil case
- 13. official order requiring a person to appear in court or produce documents
- 14. notice that a lawsuit has been filed and that the defendant must respond
Down
- 2. person harmed or injured by a crime who may participate in the criminal process
- 3. government lawyer who brings criminal charges and proves the state's case
- 6. Cases, prosecutions by the state for acts considered offenses against society
- 7. group of citizens selected to hear evidence and decide facts in a trial
- 8. court officer responsible for security, maintaining order, and escorting people
- 10. person or party who starts a civil lawsuit seeking relief or damages
- 12. Attorney, lawyer who represents and defends the accused or the sued party