Vocab #4

8. A piece of legislation enacted by a municipal authority
9. The official power to make legal decisions and judgements
11. A civil officer or lay judge who administers the law, especially one who conducts a court that deals with minor offenses and holds preliminary hearings for more serious cases
12. Applying to a higher court for a reversal of the decisions of a lower court
13. A court of law where individuals accused of breaking the law are testified

1. 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
2. A public official authorized to decide questions brought before court
3. Of, by, or appropriate to a court or judge
4. A nonindictable offense, regarded in the US as less serious than a felony
5. A tribunal presided over by a judge, judges, or a magistrate in civil and criminal cases
6. A formal examination of evidence before a judge, and typically before a jury, in order to decide guilt in a case of criminal or civil proceedings
7. A court of law that handles various types of civil cases. It doesn't hear criminal cases and focuses on disputes between individuals or organizations
10. System of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members, and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties