Across
- 2. Evidence introduced to counter, disprove or contradict the opposition's evidence or a presumption, or responsive legal argument
- 3. The burden of proof in a criminal case required to establish the guilt of a person charged with a crime
- 6. To prove someone is guilty as a matter of law
- 9. Not guilty of a crime or fault
- 11. 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
- 12. An officer who is in charge of maintaining order in the court
- 14. In trial practice, for a judge to agree than an attorney's objection, as to question, is valid
- 16. The name of the public officer who is appointed or elected in each judicial district, circuit, or country, to conduct criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state or people
- 18. A lawyer's 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 question can be asked
- 19. An official who can conduct hearings and decide on cases in a court of law
- 20. In trial practice, for a judge to disagree that an attorney's objection, as to a question, is valid
- 21. Guessing about a particular situation
- 27. The greater weight of the evidence: superior evidentiary weight that, though not sufficient to free the mind wholly from all reasonable doubt, is still sufficient to incline a fair and impartial mind to one side of the issue rather than the other
- 28. Not important, pertinent to the matter at hand or to any issue before the court
- 29. To give evidence under oath
- 30. A person who practices law
Down
- 1. The act of jurors talking to each other and coming to a decision on the charges or crimes of a trial
- 4. A case in which the state is the plaintiff and in which the defendant is a person charged with having committed a crime
- 5. Something that gives proof of a contested fact
- 6. A place where justice is administered
- 7. A case in which both the plaintiff and the defendant are private individuals and which is a legal proceeding to resolve a private dispute among people
- 8. A serious charge of criminal wrongdoing which must later be proved at trial beyond a reasonable doubt before a defendant may be convicted
- 10. The final statements by an attorney to jury, summarizing the evidence, and arguing what the evidence has or has not established
- 13. Having been convicted by a jury of having done something wrong
- 15. Summary of nature of case and of anticipated proof presented by counsel to jury at the start of a trial
- 17. the network of courts and tribunals which deal with disputes involving one person complaining about something another person did or failed to do
- 22. The presiding member or a jury who speaks or answers for the jury
- 23. A person against whom a criminal charge or civil claim is brought in a court of law
- 24. 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
- 25. An agreement between 2 or more parties to do or not to do a certain thing, whether written or oral
- 26. The decision made by the jury at the end of a trial