Across
- 3. constitutional protect against unfair government actions and laws.
- 5. the final decision made by a judge or jury.
- 7. power of US Supreme court to rule a law unconstitutional.
- 8. the person or party required to respond to the petition filed by someone else.
- 9. the right of a convicted person to ask a higher court to review his/her case.
- 10. the official calendar or list of cases that a court plans to hear.
- 11. the authority to interpret and administer the law.
Down
- 1. the party who starts a legal case by filing a formal request or petition, with a court
- 2. a formal charging of someone with a crime, or being brought before the court to answer questions about a crime.
- 4. person accused of a crime in a criminal case.
- 6. government's side of a criminal case.