Across
- 1. a proposed law
- 3. a form of government in which the people determine how they will be governed
- 6. a court official who hears cases in the lowest court in the legal system
- 8. to remove a law so that it no longer applies
- 12. Parliament with one house
- 16. the legal principle describing who has to prove a case in court. In a criminal trial, this burden is on the prosecution.
- 17. laws made by parliament
- 18. an organisation of employees formed for mutual support, and to seek improvements in pay and working conditions for its members
- 19. a legal principle developed by a court in the process of resolving a dispute
Down
- 1. Parliament with 2 houses
- 2. upper house
- 4. a process of allowing the people to vote on an important issue, such as a proposed change to the Constitution
- 5. a group of 12 that make the verdict in legal cases
- 7. law passed by parliament
- 9. to be legally responsible for a civil wrong
- 10. lower house
- 11. the accidental or unintentional killing of one person by another person
- 13. law developed by judges through the decisions of courts
- 14. the party in a civil or criminal trial against whom an action has been brought
- 15. the person who commences a legal action in civil law