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Across
  1. 2. of, by, or appropriate to a court or judge
  2. 5. a preliminary or preparatory statement; an introduction
  3. 7. and balances, counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups.
  4. 9. having the power to put plans, actions, or laws into effect
  5. 12. of rights, the first ten amendments to the US Constitution ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship
  6. 13. courts a court of law where cases are tried in the first place, as opposed to an appeals court.
  7. 14. a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed
  8. 15. of powers an act of vesting the legislative executive and judicial powers of government in separate bodies
Down
  1. 1. assembly the highest governing body in a religious denomination
  2. 3. a group of people appointed for a specific function, typically consisting of members of a larger group
  3. 4. of the house, The presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives
  4. 6. election a regular election for candidates for office as apposed to a primary election
  5. 8. having the power to make laws
  6. 10. governor, the executive officer of a state who is next in rank to a governor and who takes the governor's place in case of disability or death
  7. 11. that which is morally correct, just, or honorable.