Legal Terms

3. the protective care or guardianship of someone or something.
4. a solemn promise, often invoking a divine witness, regarding one's future action or behavior.
5. an individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law.
7. culpable of or responsible for a specified wrongdoing.
9. a crime, typically one involving violence, regarded as more serious than a misdemeanor, and usually punishable by imprisonment for more than one year or by death.
10. a claim or dispute brought to a court of law for adjudication.
12. a formal written or spoken statement, especially one given in a court of law.
14. seize (someone) by legal authority and take into custody.
15. the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.
17. prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
20. a tribunal presided over by a judge, judges, or a magistrate in civil and criminal cases.
21. a building in which people are legally held as a punishment for a crime they have committed or while awaiting trial.
22. a public official appointed to decide cases in a court of law.
24. a formal examination of evidence before a judge, and typically before a jury, in order to decide guilt in a case of criminal or civil proceedings.
25. a person who practices or studies law; an attorney or a counselor.

1. a body of people (typically twelve in number) sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court.
2. the release of an offender from detention, subject to a period of good behavior under supervision.
3. a written or spoken agreement, especially one concerning employment, sales, or tenancy, that is intended to be enforceable by law.
6. a claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act, especially a criminal one, is alleged to have taken place.
8. a person who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, take place.
9. a sum of money exacted as a penalty by a court of law or other authority.
11. wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.
13. institute legal proceedings against (a person or institution), typically for redress.
16. not guilty of a crime or offense.
18. charge (someone) with an offense or crime.
19. a person legally held in prison as a punishment for crimes they have committed or while awaiting trial.
23. a formal statement by or on behalf of a defendant or prisoner, stating guilt or innocence in response to a charge, offering an allegation of fact, or claiming that a point of law should apply.