Across
- 3. Ensures fair treatment under the law
- 4. carries a less severe punishment.
- 6. a group of citizens chosen to hear evidence in a legal case and make a decision based on that evidence.
- 8. instances, to hear misdemeanor cases such as shoplifting and possession of marijuana.
- 10. people who are thought to have committed the crime.
- 11. decision.
- 15. guilty or not guilty.
- 16. limited jurisdiction within one county.
- 18. $15,000 or less.
- 21. Protect society from the wrongdoing of an individual.
- 22. to take a case to a higher court for rehearing.
- 23. review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act
- 24. sorts out the levels of courts that have the authority to interpret and to apply the law.
- 25. an injury or wrong done to a person that can be compensated with the payment of money
- 26. limited jurisdiction county courts that issue warrants, hear minor criminal offenses, and hear civil cases involving amounts
- 27. a crime that is punishable by death.
- 29. Dealing with wills and the estates of deceased persons.
Down
- 1. a group of citizens chosen from among eligible voters in a county or judicial circuit.
- 2. the state’s highest court.
- 5. handle traffic offenses and violations of local regulations, to issue warrants, and in
- 7. established to concentrate attention on the treatment of juveniles.
- 9. an individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law.
- 12. the second-highest ranking court in the state.
- 13. the centerpiece of original jurisdiction is the trial court
- 14. the presiding judge in a supreme court.
- 17. a serious offense, regarded as an injury to society.
- 19. a formal accusation of a serious crime.
- 20. file a lawsuit against
- 28. called before a superior court judge who reads the charges.
- 30. Deal with the relationships between and among individuals.