Intro to Law

2. The removal of an elected official from office by a vote of the people.
4. Process of discussing an issue to reach a settlement or agreement.
6. The legal process in which one country or state asks another to surrender a suspected or convicted criminal.
8. A county or city law.
10. An agreement or contract between countries.
11. Written laws enacted by legislatures.
12. A proposed law being considered by a legislature.
13. The basic rights of all people.
16. A way of settling dispute without going to trial where an impartial third party settles the argument.

1. Serious criminal offense punishable by a prison sentence of more than one year.
3. Noncriminal lawsuit brought to enforce a right or to redress a wrong.
5. Way to influence the lawmaking process by convincing lawmakers to vote as you want them to.
7. Legal way of making a provision less enforceable than it might be.
9. A mutual agreement that ends the dispute between two sides in a civil lawsuit, made either before the trial or before final judgement is reached.
14. A procedure in which issues are voted on directly by the citizens instead of their representatives in government.
15. Less serious criminal offense punishable by a prison sentence of one year or less.