Across
- 1. A system of courts of law for the administration of justice: judges serving in the federal judiciary
- 2. the body of law that regulates the operation and procedures of government agencies.
- 3. any government agency responsible for the enforcement of the laws.
- 11. A temporary, ad hoc panel composed of House and Senate conferees which is formed for the purpose of reconciling differences in legislation that has passed both chambers
- 15. a wrongful act or an infringement of a right (other than under contract) leading to civil legal liability.
- 19. trial before the trial" at which the judge decides, not whether the defendant is "guilty" or "not guilty," but whether there is enough evidence to force the defendant to stand trial.
- 20. An action such as a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required procedures.
- 21. the steps required for a proposed bill to become a law
Down
- 1. The treatment of offenders through a system of penal incarceration,
- 2. the power of a court to hear appeals from lower courts.
- 4. an indirect veto of a legislative bill by the president or a governor by retaining the bill unsigned until it is too late for it to be dealt with during the legislative session
- 5. formally charges a person with a criminal offense
- 6. the series of steps a legal dispute goes through in the court system.
- 7. a jury, typically of twenty-three people, selected to examine the validity of an accusation before trial.
- 8. A court's power to hear and decide a case before any appellate review
- 9. a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.
- 10. The steps required for a proposed bill to become a law
- 11. the legally authorized killing of someone as punishment for a crime.
- 12. rights carved out in the federal and state constitutions.
- 13. a jury, typically of twelve people, who try the final issue of fact in civil or criminal cases and pronounce a verdict.
- 14. a permanent committee that meets regularly
- 16. to require a defendant convicted of any new felony, having suffered one prior conviction of a serious felony to be sentenced to state prison for twice the term otherwise provided for the crime. If the defendant was convicted of any felony with two or more prior strikes, the law mandated a state prison term of at least 25 years to life.
- 17. a system of law concerned with the punishment of those who commit crimes.
- 18. the system of law concerned with private relations between members of a community rather than criminal, military, or religious affairs.