Legal English Key Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. Someone who is accused of a crime in a criminal case
  2. 3. To find that someone is guilty of a crime.^
  3. 5. To make an allegation in legal proceedings.^
  4. 8. Failure to carry out the terms of an agreement.
  5. 11. A case which is heard by a committee,tribunal or court of law.
  6. 12. A disagreement or argument between parties.^
  7. 13. A person who makes a claim against someone in a civil court.
  8. 16. An agreement reached after an argument.^
Down
  1. 2. To ask a high law court to change its decision or sentence.
  2. 4. Any act which is not legal.
  3. 6. Money claimed by someone as compensation for harm done
  4. 7. A specialist court outside the judicial system which examines special problems.
  5. 9. An order telling someone to stop doing or not to dosomething.
  6. 10. To bring someone to court to answer a criminal charge.^
  7. 14. To send someone to prison or to a court.
  8. 15. A set of arguments or facts put forward by one side in a legal proceeding.