Across
- 2. process-a requirement that legal matters be resolved according to established rules and principles, and that individuals be treated fairly
- 5. jurisdiction-Two or more courts have concurrent jurisdiction over a case if all of the courts have the power to hear it.
- 9. for the resolution of disputes.
- 15. official power to make legal decisions and judgments.
- 16. law-a branch of law that regulates the non-criminal rights, duties of persons (natural persons and legal persons) and equal legal relations between private individuals
- 17. court-the final arbiters of state laws and constitutions
- 18. law-a system of laws concerned with crimes and the punishment of individuals who commit crimes.
- 19. court-they can only hear cases authorized by the United States Constitution or federal statutes.
Down
- 1. crime, typically one involving violence
- 2. opinion-Supreme Court Justice who disagrees with the majority opinion in a given case
- 3. court justices
- 4. decided case that furnishes a basis for determining later cases involving similar facts or issues
- 6. review-the ability of the Court to declare a Legislative or Executive act in violation of the Constitution
- 7. case-a lawsuit brought by the state against a person who has broken a criminal law
- 8. person who brings a case against another in a court of law.
- 10. individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law.
- 11. case-involves a legal dispute between two or more parties
- 12. opinion-a judicial opinion that is joined by more than half the judges deciding a case.
- 13. jurisdiction-a case is tried before the Court
- 14. minor wrongdoing.
