Across
- 4. attorney or counselor (US)
- 5. the money a person must pay as punishment for doing something illegal
- 8. the opposite for "innocent"
- 9. a place where justice is administered
- 10. elements that prove or disprove something, proof presented to a jury.
- 12. first step of a legal action denouncing an infraction (or expression of discontent)
- 14. a matter that goes before a judge or a court of law
- 17. evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials
Down
- 1. violation of rights
- 2. money that the losing side in a lawsuit must pay to the winning side
- 3. (verb)prosecute someone to obtain compensation
- 6. if someone is ..... of a crime, he is found guilty
- 7. case brought to court, legal prosecution
- 11. prison
- 13. a person bringing suit to court (opposed to defendant)
- 15. a group of people sworn to render a verdict to a court
- 16. legally responsible
- 18. transgression of civil or moral law