Across
- 2. A person with first-hand knowledge of an event, that testifies to that knowledge during a trial or other legal proceeding.
- 5. A person, especially a public official, who institutes legal proceedings against someone.
- 6. It is a legal document issued by the court, or prosecuting attorney, ordering the recipient to appear at a certain time and place to testify under oath as a witness.
- 8. Someone authorized to practice law; a lawyer; an agent authorized to act on behalf of another person.
- 11. A person thought to be guilty of a crime or offence.
- 12. A person who has been arrested for or formally charged with a crime. It is a generic name for the defendant in a criminal case.
- 13. A legal order issued by the authority and in the name of the state to compel a person to do something.
Down
- 1. Statements, in a logical and legal form, of the facts that constitute prosecutor’s cause of action and defendant’s ground of defence.
- 3. Physical or mental damage.
- 4. An appointed or elected official who decides legal disputes in court.
- 7. A government lawyer who initiates prosecution of criminal offenses, and presents the case for prosecution in a criminal proceeding.
- 8. A challenge to a previous legal determination.
- 9. It is an item which a litigant proffers to make the existence of a fact more or less probable.
- 10. The final decision made by a court.