Across
- 2. a rule that deals with a particular crime, agreement, etc.
- 4. the system of laws and basic principles that a state, a country or an organization is governed by
- 6. a formal request to a court or to somebody in authority for a judgment or a decision to be changed
- 8. the name for rules an agency that is part of the Executive Branch makes
- 11. less serious crimes
- 15. sent back
- 16. Justice system that deals with cases involving people under 18
Down
- 1. one side complains that it has suffered because the other side has not followed the law properly
- 3. States Code collection of statutes passed by Congress
- 4. involving personal legal matters and not criminal law
- 5. Court highest court
- 7. a law that is passed by Congress and formally written down
- 9. serious crimes
- 10. dealing with crime
- 12. a formal examination of evidence in court by a judge and often a jury, to decide if somebody accused of a crime is guilty or not
- 13. local, town, city laws
- 14. A decision that can be looked back on as an example of what to do