Across
- 2. document signed by an impartial judge who decides there is enough information proving a search or seizure should occur
- 6. guilty mind
- 8. serious offense which is punishable with more than a year in jail
- 9. process of determining how a criminal activity will be punished
- 10. written codes defining a criminal act and providing the standard punishment for the crime
- 12. set of legal codes from Babylon
- 15. punishment-oriented
- 17. guilty act
- 18. Latin for “to stand by decisions”
- 19. law established only by previous judicial rulings and customs
- 20. interpretation of law established by previous judicial rulings
- 22. event or action which serves as a guide for future events or actions
- 23. act of purposefully setting an object or structure on fire
Down
- 1. guilty act and a guilty mind occurring at the same time
- 3. first draft of a potential law
- 4. act of being charged with a crime
- 5. amount of proof required to determine someone is guilty
- 7. document which provides rules dictating how the government may function as well as how it can create and enforce laws
- 11. reasonable grounds for making a decision
- 13. rules and regulations created by government agencies to establish agency practices or to interpret and implement policies or laws
- 14. fair treatment in a normal court
- 16. lesser criminal offense which is punishable with up to a year in jail
- 21. change or addition to a constitution