Across
- 4. a body of rules established by custom or treaty and recognized by nations as binding in their relations with one another.
- 6. a person who brings a case against another in a court of law.
- 8. A minor wrongdoing.
- 10. 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. a wrongful act or an infringement of a right (other than under contract) leading to civil legal liability.
Down
- 1. the law of relationships between individuals and the government.
- 2. the system of law concerned with private relations between members of a community rather than criminal, military, or religious affairs.
- 3. the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.
- 5. laws that seek to prevent people from harming each other or each other’s property
- 7. a claim or dispute brought to a court of law for adjudication.
- 9. an individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law.
