Across
- 1. the branch of government that interprets the law
- 3. this type is called common law; case law is based on decisions made by judges
- 5. court order to appear in court and bring records
- 6. type of contract with agreement shown through inference by signs, inaction, or silence
- 8. this type of law concerns relationships that are not criminal
- 11. serious crime that carries a punishment of death or imprisonment for more than one year.
- 13. type of law that is Civil injury, or wrongful act
- 15. the laws that protects public from harmful acts of others
- 16. is an unintentional action that occurs when a person either performs or fails to perform an action that a “reasonable person” would or would not have committed in a similar situation
Down
- 2. plaintiff or defendant may ask a higher court to review the decision
- 3. laws that addresses relationship between individuals and their government
- 4. person sued civilly or prosecuted criminally in a court of law.
- 7. the person or institution who brings an action into litigation
- 9. oral testimony before an officer of the court
- 10. the branch that is the lawmaking body (Senate and House of Representatives
- 12. the process by which facts are discovered
- 14. laws that are established from court decisions and based on precedent.