Across
- 4. a writ or order by which a higher court reviews a decision of a lower court.
- 7. A noncriminal lawsuit, usually involving private property rights
- 8. the official power to make legal decisions and judgments
- 10. a person who brings a case against another in a court of law.
- 11. the court's authority to hear all kinds of cases, which arise within its geographic area
- 12. to power of a court to adjudicate a case to the exclusion of all other courts
- 14. a formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority with respect to a particular cause.
Down
- 1. the ability to exercise judicial review by different courts at the same time, within the same territory, and over the same subject matter
- 2. A court's power to hear and decide a case before any appellate review
- 3. the power of a higher court to review decisions and change outcomes of decisions of lower courts
- 5. a defendant in a lawsuit, especially one in an appeals or divorce case.
- 6. an individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law
- 9. friend of the court
- 13. a person suspected of a crime is indicted by a grand jury or otherwise charged with the offense by a government official called a prosecutor or district attorney