Judicial Branch

3. the official power to make legal decisions and judgments.
4. a system of law concerned with the punishment of those who commit crimes.
7. a court of law responsible for the trial or legal supervision of children under a specified age (18 in most countries).
8. make a serious or urgent request, typically to the public.
12. a court having limited jurisdiction over minor civil and criminal matters, as matters of contract not exceeding a particular amount of money. police court.
15. a body of people (typically twelve in number) sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court.
16. the system of law concerned with private relations between members of a community rather than criminal, military, or religious affairs.
19. an action or omission that constitutes an offense that may be prosecuted by the state and is punishable by law.
20. the highest judicial court in a country or state.
22. review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.
24. an individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law.
25. A court in the state judicial system, rather than the federal judicial system, that decides cases involving state law or the state constitution.
26. a decision on a disputed issue in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.
27. a person who brings a case against another in a court of law.

1. a court that sits in some cities and larger towns and that usually has civil and criminal jurisdiction over cases arising within the municipality.
2. is a segment of the judicial system that's primarily charged with handling such matters as wills, estates, conservatorships and guardianships, as well as the commitment of mentally ill persons to institutions designed to help them.
5. call or bring (someone) before a court to answer a criminal charge.
6. Conviction of a ----------- means the sentence imposed can be life imprisonment or death.
9. a wrongful act or an infringement of a right (other than under contract) leading to civil legal liability.
10. a request made in an urgent and emotional manner.
11. a minor wrongdoing.
13. a court to which appeals are taken in a federal circuit or a state.
14. a jury, normally of twenty-three jurors, selected to examine the validity of an accusation before trial.
17. have an idea or impression of the existence, presence, or truth of (something) without certain proof.
18. (in many states of the US) a court of appeals or a court of general jurisdiction.
21. fair treatment through the normal judicial system, especially as a citizen's entitlement.
23. a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime.