Across
- 2. A party to a lawsuit
- 4. Accuse or bring charges against
- 6. The person against who made the complaint
- 7. Involves non-criminal matter
- 8. Involves criminal matter
- 9. A violation
- 12. written to make a point not made or not emphasized in the majority opinion
- 13. Another name for a case, action
- 17. List of cases to be heard
- 18. Reason that forms basis of an argument or conclusion
- 19. judicial decision that serves as a guide for similar cases
Down
- 1. authority of a court to try and decide a case
- 3. A judicial body, a court
- 5. The lower federal courts
- 10. Detailed written statements
- 11. An expert in the law especially a judge or legal scholar
- 12. process used when lower court is unsure about the procedure that should apply in a case
- 14. Transcript of proceedings made in the trial court
- 15. To support or strengthen
- 16. Satisfaction of a claim, payment