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- 1. - noun the act of punishing
- 4. - noun the administration of law; the act of determining rights and assigning rewards or punishments; the quality of being just or fair; the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870; a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
- 5. - noun a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
- 7. - noun a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language; (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned; verb pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law
- 9. - adj. heard through another rather than directly; noun gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
- 11. - noun the state of being imprisoned
- 15. - noun a state or condition of being innocent of a specific crime or offense; the quality of innocent naivete; the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
- 18. - noun the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison); putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment; the state of being imprisoned
- 19. - noun a crime less serious than a felony; the action of attacking an enemy; a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others; a feeling of anger caused by being offended; the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score
- 21. - noun (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence
- 22. - noun a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law; a committee appointed to judge a competition
- 24. - noun (law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation
- 25. - adj. tending to deter; noun something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
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- 2. - adj. having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; noun a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully
- 3. - noun someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
- 6. - noun an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence; a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt
- 8. - noun (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game; the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition; a payment required for not fulfilling a contract; the act of punishing
- 10. - noun the restoration of someone to a useful place in society; the treatment of physical disabilities by massage and electrotherapy and exercises; vindication of a person's character and the re-establishment of that person's reputation; the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation
- 12. - noun a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea; a lawyer who pleads cases in court; verb speak, plead, or argue in favour of; push for something
- 13. - noun (law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment
- 14. - noun a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
- 16. - noun testimony by word or deed to your religious faith; someone who sees an event and reports what happened; (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature; (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law; a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind); verb be a witness to; perceive or be contemporaneous with
- 17. - noun a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
- 20. - noun remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offence; the state of having committed an offense
- 23. - noun an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.