Legal Terms Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: stay : a court-ordered short-term delay in judicial proceedings to give a losing defendant time to arrange for payment of the judgment or move out of the premises in an unlawful detainer case, search warrant : a legal document authorizing a police officer or other official to enter and search premises, sentence : the punishment assigned to a defendant found guilty by a court, or fixed by law for a particular offense, standing : is the ability of a party to bring a lawsuit in court based upon their stake in the outcome, self defense : the defense of one's person or interests, especially through the use of physical force, which is permitted in certain cases as an answer to a charge of violent crime, sidebar : a discussion between the lawyers and the judge held out of earshot of the jury, sheriff : the top law enforcement officer for a county, usually elected and responsible for police protection outside of incorporated cities, suit : generic term for any filing of a complaint (or petition) asking for legal redress by judicial action, subpoena : an order of the court for a witness to appear at a particular time and place to testify and/or produce documents in the control of the witness, sequester : to keep separate or apart, sustain : in trial practice, for a judge to agree that an attorney's objection, such as to a question, is valid, summary judgement : a court order ruling that no factual issues remain to be tried and therefore a cause of action or all causes of action in a complaint can be decided upon certain facts without trial, state : express something definitely or clearly in speech or writing. specify the facts of (a case) for consideration, suppress : to keep evidence from being admitted at trial by showing either that it was illegally obtained or that it is irrelevant, settlement : a formal arrangement made between the parties to a lawsuit in order to resolve it, especially out of court, statute : a written law passed by a legislative body.