Across
- 2. state or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof.
- 4. a conclusion or resolution reached after consideration.
- 6. the action of stopping someone from being angry; placation.
- 8. a disagreement, argument, or debate.
- 10. court courts of limited jurisdiction, meaning they can only hear cases authorized by the United States Constitution or federal statutes.
- 12. system of rules that a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and may enforce by the imposition of penalties.
- 14. the use of an arbitrator to settle a dispute.
- 15. law is the set of rules generally regarded and accepted as binding in relations between states and between nations.
- 17. the ability to make considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions.
- 18. the process of taking legal action.
- 19. law is the term used to define written laws, usually enacted by a legislative body.
Down
- 1. a person who has committed a crime.
- 3. law the body of law developed in England primarily from judicial decisions based on custom and precedent
- 5. laws refers to rights carved out in the federal and state constitutions.
- 6. of or relating to ordinary citizens and their concerns, as distinct from military or ecclesiastical matters.
- 7. a statement that a situation is unsatisfactory or unacceptable.
- 9. intervention in a dispute in order to resolve it; arbitration.
- 11. court A court in the state judicial system, rather than the federal judicial system, that decides cases involving state law or the state constitution.
- 13. moral principles that govern a person's or group's behavior
- 16. law rules and administrative codes issued by governmental agencies at all levels, municipal, county, state and federal
