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