Across
- 3. A system of government in which the same territory is controlled by two levels of government.
- 4. the reason a person may have committed a crime.
- 6. Prohibits anyone from being prosecuted twice for substantially the same crime.
- 8. Power of a court to adjudicate cases and issue orders.
- 13. Proof: The standard that a party seeking to prove a fact in court must satisfy to have that fact legally established.
- 15. generally non-violent in nature and includes public corruption, health care fraud, mortgage fraud, securities fraud, and money laundering.
- 19. A system of laws concerned with crimes and the punishment of individuals who commit crimes.
- 20. A continuing criminal enterprise that rationally works to profit from illicit activities that are often in great public demand.
- 23. a criminal charge that carries a potential jail sentence of less than one year.
- 24. stand by things decided” in Latin.
- 25. Commence prosecution of the defendant by inducing the defendant to engage in a criminal act that the defendant would not otherwise have committed.
- 26. A crime that has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force or other abuse of a person.
- 27. literal translation from Latin is "guilty mind."
- 28. The principle or law of retaliation that a punishment inflicted should correspond in degree and kind to the offense of the wrongdoer, as an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
Down
- 1. A victim's property is stolen or destroyed, without the use or threat of force against the victim.
- 2. establishes the rights and obligations that govern people and organizations; it includes all laws of general and specific applicability.
- 3. A crime punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than one year or by the death penalty.
- 5. He or she commits or attempts to commit an act clearly dangerous to human life and causes the death of an individual.
- 7. the mental objective behind an action.
- 9. The body of law that establishes the rules of the court and the methods used to enforce legal rights of those within the judicial system.
- 10. If a person did not know what they were doing or did not know it was wrong due to a mental defect, they cannot be found guilty of a crime.
- 11. when you are not firmly convinced of the Defendant's guilt, after you have weighed and considered all the evidence.
- 12. An act considered to be outside the normal bounds of social behavior and mortality.
- 14. An individual (or business) against whom a lawsuit is filed.
- 16. the party who initiates a lawsuit by filing a complaint with the clerk of the court against the defendant(s) demanding damages, performance and/or court determination of rights.
- 17. The law that pertains to persons, things, and relationships that develop among them.
- 18. An act of protecting one's own interests.
- 21. A defense in which the defendant introduces evidence, which, if found to be credible, will negate criminal liability or civil liability.
- 22. The act or omission that comprise the physical elements of a crime as required by statute.