trial terms

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Across
  1. 3. An order to appear before a judge or magistrate, or the writ containing it
  2. 4. A person, esp. a public official, who institutes legal proceedings against someone.
  3. 5. A decision on a disputed issue in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  4. 6. The prosecution of a person twice for the same offense
  5. 10. a reckless attack with intent to injure seriously (as with a deadly weapon)
  6. 12. A formal written or spoken statement, esp. one given in a court of law.
  7. 13. An individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law.
  8. 14. A worker, esp. a man, who supervises and directs other workers.
  9. 15. a jury that is unable to agree on a verdict (the result is a mistrial)
  10. 16. A crime, typically one involving violence, regarded as more serious than a misdemeanor, and usually punishable by imprisonment for more than one year or by death
  11. 17. (law) close questioning of a hostile witness in a court of law to discredit or throw a new light on the testimony already provided in direct examination
  12. 18. Reasonable grounds (for making a search, pressing a charge, etc.)
  13. 19. A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime
  14. 20. The miranda warning (also referred to as Miranda rights), is a warning that is required to be given by police in the United States to criminal suspects in police custody (or in a custodial situation) before they are interrogated to inform them about their constitutional rights.
Down
  1. 1. Fully in agreement
  2. 2. A judgment that a person is not guilty of the crime with which the person has been charged.
  3. 4. is the crime of wrongfully causing the death of another human being (also known as murder) after rationally considering the timing or method of doing so, in order to either increase the likelihood of success, or to evade detection or apprehension.
  4. 7. The offense of willfully telling an untruth in a court after having taken an oath or affirmation.
  5. 8. A judge's order that a case may not be discussed in public.
  6. 9. the duty of proving a disputed charge
  7. 11. The Fifth Amendment (Amendment V) to the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, protects against abuse of government authority in a legal procedure.