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Down: 1) a criminal case in which the allowable punishmebnt in cludes death 2) an endeavor or effort to do an act or accomplish a crime, carries beyond preparation, but lacking execution 3) an advocate, counsel, or official agent employed in preparing, managing, and trying cases in thecourts 5) act of grace or mercy by the president or governer to ease the consequences of a criminal act, accusation , or conviction . it may take the form of commutation or pardon 6) a written order issued by a court directing a sheriff or peace officer to take custody of and bring before the court 7) to execute, perpetrate, orcarry out and act.. to commit a crime 8) a form of alternative dispute resolution in which the parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party, who helps lower tensions 10) gifts made in a will 13) the legal system that originated in England and is now in usein teh US. it is based on judical decisions frather than legislative action 18) primary evidence, the best evidence avaible 19) 1. written attestation. 2. authorized declaration verfying that an instrument is a true and correct copy or the original 20) an order of an administrative agency or court prohibiting a person or business from continuing a particular course of conduct 21) trial method used in the US and some other countries. the system is based on the belief that truth cna best be determined by giving opposing parties full opportunity to present and establish their evidence and to cross examine evidence 23) a private person (not necessarily a lawyer) authorized by another to act in his or her place 26) to hold a person for trial on bond (bail) or in jail 30) to advise or caution 31) the party appealing in a final decision or judgment 33) a hearing established to re evaluate the bail amount that was originally set for the accused 35) the legal document that usually begins a civil lawsuit 36) 1. property that is pledged as security against a debt. 2. a person belonging to thte same ancestral stock but not in direct line of descent 37) the time in a lawsuit when the complaining party has stated his or her claim and the other side has responded. with a denial and the matter is ready to be tried 39) a certificate or evidence of a debt. often used interchangablely with bail 40) attorney at law, lawyer, conselor at law 41) attested as being true or an exact reproduction 45) a collection, compendium, or revision of laws, rules, and regulations enacted by legislative authority 47) an amendment to a will

Across: 3) without denying the charge, the defendant raises circumstances such as insanity, self defense or entrapemtn to avoid civil or criminal responsibility 4) taking a persons property to satisfy a court ordered debt 8) the jurisdiction of two or more courts, each authorized to deal with the same subject matter 9) a reference to a source of legal authority. a direction to appear in court, as when a defenant is cited into court, rather than arrested 11) the party against whom an appeal is taken. sometimes called a respondant 12) legal right given to a aperson to manage the property and financial affairs of a person deemed incapable of doing that for himself or herself 14) the act of entering or remaining illegally in a movable or immovable structure, vehicle or dwilling with intent to commit a felony 15) an offensive touching or use of force on a person without the persons consent 16) the reduction of a sentence, such as from death to lif imprisonment 17) the procedure where the accused is brought before the court to hear the criminal charg/s against him or her and to enter a plea of either guilty, not guilty or no contest 22) an accounting for the whereabouts of the tangible evidence from the moment it is received in custody until it is offered in evidence in court 24) questioning the qualifications of an entire jury panel, usually on the ground of partiality or some fault in the process of summoning the panel 25) to correction of an error admitted in any process 27) the action of sending a person to a penal or mental institution. the order directing an officer to take a person to a penal or mental institution 28) physical condition of a child indicating that external or internal injuries result from acts committed by a parent or custodian 29) the testimony of witnesses who know the genera,l character and reputation of a person in teh community in which he or she lives. it may be considered by teh jury in a dual respect. 1. as a substantive evidence upon theory that a person of good character and reputation is less liekly to commit a crime thna one who does not have a good character and reputation. and 2, as corroborative evidence in support of a witnesses testimony as bearing upon credibility 32) the public calling of the docket or list of causes at commencemtn of term of court, for setting a time for trial or entering orders 34) the rules and process by which a civil case is tried and appealed, including the prepareations for trial , the rules of evident and trial conduct, and the procedure for pursing appeals 37) one who has authority to act for another 38) a lawsuit, litigation, or action. any question, civil or criminal, litigated or contested before a court of justice 42) any willful attempt or threat to inflict injury upon the person of another, when coupled with the present ability to do so, and any intentional display of force such as would give victim reason to fear or expect immediate bodily harm 43) trial without a jury in which a judge decides the facts 44) a defenddants staement in mitigation of punishment 45) a lawsuit brought by one ormore persons on behalf of a larger group 46) the act which produces an effect 48) confirmation or support of a witness' statment or other fact 49) a written statement prepared by the counsel arguing a case in court 50) a court order directing that an individual be kept in custody, usually in a penal or mental facility 51) a case summary or commentary on teh law cases, statues, and rules illustrating its interpretation 52) the person to whom property rights or power are transferred by another, a grantee 53) a statement of all important facts, which all the parties agree is true and correct, which is ubmitted to a ocurt for ruling 54) property owned in common by husband and wife each hiving an undivided one half interest by reason of their marital status

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