Judicial Terminology

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Across
  1. 3. a list of cases to be heard
  2. 5. latin meaning “to be made more certain” an order to the lower court to send up the record in a given case for its review.
  3. 6. case a case that congress has declared by law to be a federal crime
  4. 9. the person who files the suit.
  5. 10. an oral argument
  6. 12. the person against whom the complaint is made in a suit.
  7. 13. ____ Jurisdiction, a court in which a case is first heard.
  8. 14. the authority of a court to hear a case.
Down
  1. 1. judges should decide cases on the basis of original intent of the framers or the previous statute(S)
  2. 2. taking a broader view of judicial power and not afraid to strike down orders and legislation.
  3. 4. case involved some no- criminal matters.
  4. 7. jurisdiction a court that hears a case on an appeal from a lower court
  5. 8. a judicial decision that serves as a guide for settling later cases of a similar nature
  6. 11. the transcript of proceedings made in the trial court.