Across
- 3. contendere “ i do not wish to contest”
- 9. Written questions answered under oath
- 11. Court order authorizing action by public officer, usually arrest or search and seizure
- 12. of Attorney Written authority allowing one person to act for another
- 13. Post Facto "After the fact"; fixing or changing punishment for an act after it was committed, now forbidden by U.S. Constitution.
- 14. Damages Damages in excess of actual loss awarded to wronged plaintiff to punish defendant
- 15. Written court order issued to serve administration of justice; usually stipulating that something be done or not be done.
- 17. Action to recover actual item of personal property rather than its value
- 21. Detention Holding of prisoner without bail
- 22. Official Inquiry or examination before jury; coroner's investigation of cause of death
Down
- 1. recognition condition of release of accused criminals without payment of bail
- 2. legally authorized period of delay
- 4. Criminal charges made by grand jury
- 5. Transfer of accused fugitive from state where arrested to state where charged
- 6. Trial Consideration of case by jury, as opposed to by judge or arbitrator
- 7. of limitations Legislative act limiting time in which plaintiff may bring civil suit or state may bring criminal action Subpoena Command to appear in court and testify
- 8. Isolate jury
- 10. Annul or rescind a document decision or offer
- 16. Offer money or property to fulfill an obligation
- 18. legal case contested in court
- 19. Corpus "Have the body"; court order requiring that detained prisoner be produced in court to inquire into legality of detention
- 20. Oral evidence given by witness Waiver Intentional abandonment of right
- 21. defendants answer to plaintiff’s declaration; accused answer to criminal charge