Law and You Extra Credit

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Across
  1. 2. opinion, judges who disagree state reasons
  2. 3. taking of property by someone whom it was entrusted
  3. 5. manslaughter, killing in which there is no intent to kill at all
  4. 7. degree murder, predetermined, deliberate, and done w/ malice
  5. 11. process in which one country asks another to surrender a suspected or convicted criminal
  6. 12. degree murder, killing that is done w/ malice, but without premeditation or deliberation
  7. 16. willful destruction of, or damage to, the property of another
  8. 17. murder, takes place during the commission of certain felonies
  9. 18. person or company harmed in a civil case
  10. 23. the willful and malicious burning of a person’s property
  11. 24. use of treats to obtain the property of another
  12. 26. action, lawsuit brought by a person who feels wronged or injured by another person
  13. 27. the state or federal government’s attorney in a criminal case
  14. 28. taking property from a person's immediate possession by force or intimidation
Down
  1. 1. less serious crime; prison term of one year or less
  2. 4. any unlawful physical contact inflicted by one person upon another person without consent
  3. 6. sworn statement of facts and circumstances
  4. 8. the unauthorized entry into any structure with the intent to commit a crime
  5. 9. criminal homicide, killing that is justifiable or excusable, killer deemed faultless
  6. 10. person falsely makes or alters a writing or document with the intent to defraud
  7. 13. money or property put up by the accused to allow release from jail before trial
  8. 14. malpractice, lawyers sued by clients for serious errors that result in injury or loss
  9. 15. the formal process of making a police record of an arrest
  10. 17. more serious crimes; more than one year in prison
  11. 19. any attempt or threat to carry out a physical attack upon another person
  12. 20. the rules and regulations made and enforced by government that regulate the conduct of people within a society
  13. 21. manslaughter, killing someone after the victim does something to the killer that would cause a reasonable person to lose self-control
  14. 22. offering to someone a document as genuine although it is known to be fake
  15. 25. homicide, causing death through the failure to exercise a reasonable or ordinary amount of care in a situation
  16. 26. fee, lawyer gets percentage of the amount clients wins or settles for in the case