Across
- 3. an official who can conduct hearings and decide on cases in a court of law
- 5. the presiding member of a jury who speaks or answers for the jury
- 6. evidence introduced to counter, disprove or contradict the opposition's evidence or a presumption, or responsive legal argument
- 8. dire meaning "to speak the truth," it is the name given to that part of the trial when the court and parties attempt to seat a fair and impartial jury
- 10. to prove that someone is guilty as a matter of law
- 11. the final statements by an attorney to jury, summarizing the evidence, and arguing what the evidence has or has not established
- 12. a person against whom a criminal charge or civil claim is brought in a court of law
- 14. a lawyers protest about the legal propriety of a question which has been asked of a witness by the opposing attorney, with the purpose of making the trial judge decide if the the question can be asked
- 15. the decision made by a jury at the end of a trial
- 16. an officer who is in charge of maintaining order in a court of law
- 19. a serious charge of criminal wrongdoing which must later be proved at trial beyond a reasonable doubt before a defendant may be convicted
- 20. the act of jurors talking to each other and coming to a decision on the charges or crimes of a trial
- 21. something that gives proof of a contested fact
- 22. just guessing about a particular situation
- 24. summary of nature of case and of anticipated proof presented by counsel to jury at the start of a trial
- 25. the name of the public officer who is appointed or elected in each judicial district, circuit, or county, to conduct criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state or people
Down
- 1. burden of proof in a trial
- 2. in trial practice, for a judge to disagree that an attorneys objection, as to question, is valid
- 4. a certain number of persons selected according to law and sworn in to inquire into matters of fact and declare the truth about matters of fact before them
- 7. having been convicted by a jury of having done something wrong
- 9. not important, pertinent to the matter at hand or to any issue before the court
- 13. in trial practice for a judge to agree that an attorney's objection, as to a question, is valid
- 17. not guilty of a crime or fault
- 18. the burden of proof in a criminal case required to establish the guilt of a person charged with a crime
- 23. to give evidence under oath