Across
- 4. a person who committed the offence
- 5. a person who has the right and duty to protect another person, his or her property and rights
- 7. laws made by local councils
- 8. the mimimum term a prisoner musr serve before being eligible for parole
- 10. an intentionally dishonest act done to deceive (trick) someone
- 11. evidence: evidence not personally seen or heard by a witness, but said by another person. This is usually not allowed in court.
- 13. a form of communal title where land is not owned, but used by those who have rights over it. Describes traditional Aboriginal rights over land.
Down
- 1. a Latin term meaning “a guilty mind”; criminal intent, knowing an act is wrong
- 2. a serious crime, which is usually triable before a judge and jury
- 3. a Latin for “to have the body”; the command to produce a person in the Court
- 6. the property of a person who has died
- 9. a panel of people selected from the general public to decide the guilt or innocence of people in criminal cases
- 12. lying under oath