Legal Services

3. An individual or organization that initiates a lawsuit by filing a complaint
5. Statutes dealing with crimes against the public and members of the public
8. The party sued in a civil lawsuit or charged with a crime in a criminal prosecution
9. A non-lawyer who performs routine tasks requiring some knowledge of the law and procedures and handles much of the paperwork in a variety of legal actions
12. A lesser crime punishable by a fine and/or county jail time for up to one year
13. A federal or state written law enacted by the Congress or state legislature
14. A person or organization that has suffered as a result of another’s action
15. A crime sufficiently serious to be punishable by death or a term in state or federal prison

1. To take a court case to a higher court for review
2. A charge of a felony voted by a grand jury
4. Any lawsuit or other resort to the courts to determine a legal question or matter
6. A constitutional provision guaranteeing an accused person a fair and impartial trial
7. Any proceeding before a judge or other magistrate, without a jury, to determine some issue of fact or law
10. written statement made under oath to a magistrate, notary public or other official
11. The result of a criminal trial in which the defendant has been found guilty of a crime