Government Vocab

3. to place (as a jury or witness) in seclusion or isolation
6. A written law passed by a body of legislature
8. civil force of a nation or government
9. the formal examination before a competent tribunal of the matter in issue in a civil or criminal cause in order to determine such issue
14. mini trial
17. a jury whose members cannot agree about what the verdict should be
20. a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime
21. twenty-three people, selected to examine the validity of an accusation before trial
23. you accept the conviction but avoid a factual admission of guilt
24. law that relates to crime
25. facts provided or learned about something or someone

1. a minor wrongdoing
2. the transfer of control of an activity or organization to several local offices or authorities rather than one single one
4. a crime, typically one involving violence, regarded as more serious than a misdemeanor, and usually punishable by imprisonment for more than one year or by death
5. a document issued by a judge or magistrate that authorizes the police to take someone accused of a crime into custody
7. a preliminary examination of a witness or a juror by a judge or counsel
10. decides whether the defendant committed the crime as charged in a criminal case
11. failure to take care of something the right way
12. declare the punishment decided for (an offender)
13. an individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law
15. a decision on a disputed issue in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
16. the action of arraigning someone in court
18. prosecutors usually agree to reduce a defendant's punishment
19. any formal notice or writ by a court obtaining jurisdiction over a person or property
22. the process of summoning, questioning and selecting jurors to serve on a jury for a particular trial