Across
- 3. A command or directive issued by a court or tribunal to enforce the judgment of that body.
- 5. property land and buildings, minerals in the land, and rights over the land
- 8. a legal right to use property
- 9. right to own something
- 10. The means by which a person can enforce a legal right, or prevent a wrong from occurring, or redress or compensate a wrong that has occurred. Includes damages, injunctions, an order for specific performance, an account of profits, rescission or a declaration.
- 11. A legally binding promise or agreement.
- 12. a form of academic misconduct where someone fails to give proper credit to the creator of an idea, words and phrases
- 13. A civil cause of action protecting persons from wrongdoing
- 14. legal rules voted by Parliament
- 15. a court order that requires a person to do something.
- 20. a matter to be decided in a court of law
- 21. An award of money to compensate a loss or wrong suffered by a party to a lawsuit
- 22. A legal person against whom relief is sought by a form of proceedings in a court
- 24. cancellation of a contract
- 26. the written reasons that explain why a court makes a decision in a particular case
Down
- 1. the name for anything that can be owned
- 2. a person who sells something
- 4. an amount of money borrowed by one party from another; a legal obligation to pay a certain sum to another
- 6. the territory in which a court can operate, or the power it has to deal with particular cases
- 7. an Act of Parliament
- 11. law made by judges deciding cases
- 16. a cause of action in tort law which requires the defendant to exercise reasonable care in her actions towards the plaintiff.
- 17. The name of the concept that requires judges to apply the law as decided in past cases
- 18. A party seeking relief against another person by any form of proceedings in a court.
- 19. 4-letter abbreviation of a model for legal problem-solving
- 23. one of the worst places to do legal research
- 25. An agreement whereby one person gives exclusive possession of property to the other for a specified term. Usually rental must be paid.
