Across
- 2. relating to private relations between members of a community; non-criminal
- 7. a person, especially a public official, who institutes legal proceedings against someone
- 9. the quality of being fair and reasonable
- 10. the detailed study of the shape and size of the cranium as a supposed indication of character and mental abilities
- 13. the period between childhood and adult age (under 18 years-old)
- 14. having the power to make laws
- 16. unable to do or achieve (something)
- 17. the response used when a person has committed a crime
- 18. a person who has committed a crime
- 22. the infliction or imposition of a penalty as retribution for an offence
- 24. an act that goes against a law, rule, or code of conduct; an offence
- 26. for or relating to young people
- 28. the state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone
- 29. the system of courts that interprets and applies the law in the name of the state
- 30. make (a bill or other proposal) law
- 31. group, organization or person who has a stake that can be affected by the organizations objectives, policies and actions
- 33. make minor changes to a law in order to make it fairer or more accurate, or to reflect changing circumstances
- 35. a decree, ordinance, or law
- 36. a person who commits an illegal act
- 37. arrest (someone) for a crime
- 38. an individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law
Down
- 1. the making of a judgement about the amount, number, or value of something; assessment
- 3. a written law passed by a legislative body
- 4. permitted by law
- 5. the group of people with the authority to govern a country or state; a particular ministry in office
- 6. the supposed art of judging character from facial characteristics
- 8. a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common
- 10. the institution and conducting of legal proceedings against someone in respect of a criminal charge
- 11. punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act
- 12. the action of restoring someone to health or normal life through training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness
- 15. a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation
- 19. the theory that laws and their operation derive validity from the fact of having been enacted by authority or of deriving logically from existing decisions, rather than from any moral considerations
- 20. public condemnation of someone or something
- 21. Qld
- 23. contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law
- 25. an individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law
- 27. a person or organization having political or administrative power and control
- 32. the action of discouraging an action or event through instilling doubt or fear of the consequences
- 34. revoke or annul (a law or act of parliament)
- 37. a written law passed by Parliament, Congress, etc