Crime

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Across
  1. 2. a breach of a law or rule; an illegal act
  2. 4. a person, especially a public official, who institutes legal proceedings against someone.
  3. 6. to turn an activity into a criminal offence by making it illegal.
  4. 7. the official power to make legal decisions and judgements.
  5. 10. a temporary court order issued to prohibit an individual from carrying out a particular action, especially approaching or contacting a specified person.
  6. 12. military government, involving the suspension of ordinary law.
  7. 13. substance that is not allowed by law or the social customs of a country
  8. 14. the preparing and enacting of laws by local, state, or national legislatures
Down
  1. 1. a court order prohibiting an action by a party to a lawsuit until there has been a trial or other court action.
  2. 3. a formal declaration by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law that someone is guilty of a criminal offence.
  3. 5. an individual who is under an age fixed by law (such as 18 years) at which he or she would be charged as an adult for a criminal act
  4. 8. the temporary or permanent release of a prisoner before the expiry of a sentence, on the promise of good behaviour.
  5. 9. the process of taking legal
  6. 11. a threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule.