Law & Government Crossword Puzzles

a ceremony in which a president officially takes the oath of office, an act or decision that sets an example, the team of people who advise the …

an instruction, command, or duty given to a person or group of people, the government unit that administers elementary and secondary school programs, …

a set of regulations which should be followed, people living together, an action which is punishable by law, a penalty given due to an offense, …

for short term stay, proving a guilty state of mind means showing this, homicide plus malice, the crime they committed was based on youth, also known …

least serious type of offense heard in the magistrates' court, most serious type of offense, legally trained person who assists the …

what canadians were called before 1947, the 1982 document that outlines our rights and freedoms, type of citizenship allowed since 1977, city where …

powers shared by both the federal and state governments, the part of government that passes laws, a serious crime usually punishable by imprisonment …

a person or an agency to whom the court gives authority to take responsibility for the care of a child, property considered by the courts to belong …

is the set of laws that governs how members of a society are to behave. it defines rights and responsibilities, is the set of procedures for making, …

the requirement to prove a disputed fact in court, willful disregard for orders made by the judge, when an attorney for one side feels the other …

name of the dictator in china during the 20th century, name of the dictator in russia during the 20th century, name of the dictator in italy during …

the jurisdiction of the courts that hear a case first, usually in a trial. these are the courts that determine the facts about a case, the …

a system of government in which priests rule in the name of god or a god, just behavior or treatment, branch which has authority to make laws, the …

the president hosts this at the white house in spring, the president appoints these to the supreme court, can override a president’s veto, reject a …

_ circumstances - depending on the seriousness of the crime, will determine the outcome, laws created by administrative agencies in the form of rules, …

a wrongful act that gives rise to a civil lawsuit, the manner in which principles of ethics are incorporated into professional conduct, able to make …

commission or omission of an act that is prohibited under a penal code and has punishment or sanctions, punishable by more than one year in state …

an organized group of people with similar political aims and opinions, seeking to influence public policy by getting their candidates elected to …

a system of government headed by religious leaders, a system in which voters elect lawmakers to represent them in the legislature and a president …

before deductions or taxes, must do, free or excuse from some obligation, permanent status granted to an employee after a specified period of …

a form of democracy that usually has a king or a queen, the type of democracy that both the usa and russia have, a country in the middle east with an …

someone under legal age, which is generally 18, except for certain purposes such as drinking alcoholic beverages, the unlawful killing of another …

section ... defines breach of planning control (4), enforcement action is taken by ... (5,8,11), section ... allows for further enforcement action …

the _ rule is a judge-made rule that prohibits the prosecution from introducing evidence obtained in violation of a defendant’s fourth, fifth, or …

the increase in the value of an asset when it is sold, the value of the reputation of the business, the codification of the requirement of an …

taking a person away illegally, setting fire to a building or property on purpose, killing a famous or important person, attacking someone physically, …

act allowing for limited use of copyright material as long as it meets certain criteria, gives control of an image and its use to the creator, …

the secretary of _ is the first member of cabinet in the presidential line of succession, in order to be the president, a candidate must be a _ born …

the amount of senators elected in each state, this is one of the chambers in congress. 2 people are elected in each state, the amount of states in the …

a government controlled by religious leaders, a government ruled by a few powerful people, a republic in which representatives elected by the people …