Across
- 3. of limitations: Legislative act limiting time in which plaintiff may bring civil suit or state may bring criminal action
- 5. Transfer of accused fugitive from state where arrested to state where charged
- 6. Defendant's answer to plaintiff's declaration; accused's answer to criminal charge
- 7. Action to recover actual item of
- 9. Recognizance: Condition of release of accused person without payment of bail
- 12. Offer money or property to fulfill an obligation
- 14. Post Facto: "After the fact"; fixing or changing punishment for an act after it was committed, now forbidden by U.S. Constitution.
- 17. Trial: Consideration of case by jury, as opposed to by judge or arbitrator
- 20. Written questions answered under oath
- 22. Detention: Holding of prisoner without bail
- 24. Oral evidence given by witness
- 25. Command to appear in court and testify
Down
- 1. Court order authorizing action by public officer, usually arrest or search and seizure
- 2. Written court order issued to serve administration of justice; usually stipulating that something be done or not be done.
- 4. Legally authorized period of delay
- 8. Contendere: "I do not wish to contest"
- 10. Criminal charges made by grand jury
- 11. Isolate jury
- 13. Legal case contested in court
- 15. Annul or rescind a document decision or offer
- 16. Intentional abandonment of right
- 18. of Attorney: Written authority allowing one person to act for another
- 19. Corpus: "Have the body"; court order requiring that detained prisoner be produced in court to inquire into legality of detention
- 21. Damages: Damages in excess of actual loss awarded to wronged plaintiff to punish defendant
- 23. Official Inquiry or examination before jury; coroner's investigation of cause of death