This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Law & Legal has 14 clues. Answers range from 4 to 17 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Who decides about the rules of law, issues orders, instructs the jury about the law, sets dates for hearings and trials, decides guilt or innocence in a bench trial, and decides on penalty ot sentence if you are found guilty?
Who has a law degree, knows a lot about the law and courtroom rules, and knows how to argue a case in court?
Who is a lawyer on your side, ispaid to defend you, is to prove that you are not guilty, is to try to get you off easy, and is ti get you a light penalty if you are found guilty?
Who is a lawyer against you, is paid to prosecute you, is to prove that you are guilty, is to get you a hard or heavy penalty if you are found guilty?
Who is a person who may know about what you did or did not do, will testify from the witness stand, and will answer questions from both lawyers
Who is a person who is accepted by the court as an expert about a particular subject (i.e. psychiatrist, psychologist testifying)
Who is an employee of the court who keeps order, and announces events?
Who is an employee of the court that acts as a secretary for the Judge and keeps track of what is going on, schedules work, and so forth?
Who is the person who makes a word for word record (a transcript) of everything official that goes on during a hearing or trial?
Who is a group of people (usually 6 or 12 persons) who sits in the court room, hear the testimony and evidence, and make a decision if you are guilty or not guilty? Ten out of the twelve have to agree for a verdict, except in the death penalty cases which requires all jurors to agree.
What is the place where the hearings and trials happen?
What is an occasion when the court, with or without a jury, decides if you are guilty or not guilty, and decides on the penalty?
What is an occasion when a judge officially hears witnessess testify and officially hears the lawyers' arguments about the case, but is not directly hearing evidence about guilt or innocence?
When the judge hears witnesses testify about your ability to understandthe courtroom process is called what?