Across
- 2. damages in excess of actual loss awarded to wronged plaintiff to punish defendant
- 4. written authority allowing one person to act for another
- 6. written court order issued to serve administration of justice usually stipulating that something be done or not done
- 8. “i do not wish to contest”
- 10. of limitations legislative act limiting time in which plaintiff may bring civil suit or state may bring criminal action
- 11. annual or rescind a document decision or offer
- 12. legal case contested in court
- 13. transfer of accused fugitive from state where arrested to state where charged
- 17. isolate jury
- 19. holding of prisoner without bail
- 21. intentional abandonment of right
- 23. “have the body”; court order requiring that detained prisoner be produced in court to inquire into legality of detention
Down
- 1. written questions answered under oath
- 3. offer money or property to fulfill an obligation
- 5. recognizance condition of release of accused person without payment of bail
- 7. oral evidence given by witness
- 9. “after the fact”; fixing or changing punishment for an act after it was committed, now forbidden by the U.S. constitution
- 14. defendant's answer to plaintiff's declaration; accuser’s answer to criminal charge
- 15. court order authorizing action by public officer, usually arrest or search and seizure
- 16. consideration of case by jury, as opposed to by judge or arbitrator
- 18. official inquiry or examination before jury; coroner’s investigation of cause of death
- 20. criminal charges made by grand jury
- 22. legally authorized period of delay