Across
- 5. level of proof required to convict a person
- 6. a county or city law
- 8. division of power among the branches
- 12. noncriminal lawsuit
- 14. law that deals with private rights of individuals, groups, or businesses
- 16. written laws enacted by legislatures
- 17. what lawmakers meant when they wrote the law
- 19. criminal offense punishable by a prinson sentence of 1+ year
- 20. a pact between nations
- 21. power of the supreme court to review laws
- 22. the injured party in a civil case
- 23. the first 10 amendments to the Constitution
- 25. court decision on a legal matter that guides other decisions
- 26. proposed law
- 27. basic privileges a person has as a human being
- 28. criminal offense punishable by less than one year
Down
- 1. US laws are supreme to state/local laws
- 2. standard of proof in a civil case
- 3. ther person against who a claim is made
- 4. the state or federal attorney
- 7. asking a higher court to review a decision
- 9. presidents power to refuse a law
- 10. conflicting with a provision of the Constitution
- 11. the ways branches hold one another accountable
- 13. a court proceeding
- 15. branch of law dealing with crimes and their punishments serious
- 18. limits government powers to those provided by the people
- 24. power is split between state and national government