Across
- 2. a person charged with a crime
- 4. a warrant issued by a judge, often to command someone to appear before the judge, with a setting of an amount of bail to be posted
- 6. the predisposition of a judge, arbitrator, prospective juror, or anyone making a judicial decision, against or in favor of one of the parties or a class of persons
- 7. a statement made by a party to a lawsuit or a criminal defendant, usually prior to trial, that certain facts are true
- 9. an excuse used by a person accused or suspected of a crime
- 10. someone who assists in the commission of a crime and, unlike a mere accessory, is usually present or directly aids in the crime (like holding a gun on the bank guard while the vault is looted, or holding a victim of assault and battery)
Down
- 1. the final argument by an attorney on behalf of his/her client after all evidence has been produced for both sides
- 3. a person or entity who enters into a plot with one or more other people or entities to commit illegal acts, legal acts with an illegal object, or using illegal methods, to the harm of others
- 5. moving about without a means to support oneself, without a permanent home, and relying on begging
- 8. dishonesty, fraudulent conduct, false statements made knowing them to be untrue, by which the liar intends to deceive a party receiving the statements and expects the party to believe and rely on them