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