Law Theme

Law Theme 8 - Criminal Law


By: Dr. Nabil Chaiban


12
   
3   
     
4            5                 
                                 
       
       
  6               
                   
    7 
       
  8                 
                     
  9     
         
         
         
          10
           
        11   
             
         
         
          12
           
13      14           
                     
             
             
             
             
             
             
      15   
           
           
           
         
         
16                     
                       
       
       
17                             
                               
   
   

Across

  1. Criminal assault accompanied by circumstances that make it more severe, such as the use of a deadly weapon, the intent to commit another crime, or the intent to cause serious bodily harm.
  2. The act or an instance of a person’s deliberately making material false or misleading statements while under oath.
  3. Obtaining money or property by threat to a victim’s property or loved ones, intimidation, or false claim of a right.
  4. The killing of one person by another.
  5. An act of fraud using the Postal Service, as in making false representations through the mail to obtain an economic advantage.
  6. Violence between members of a household, usually spouses; an assault or other violent act committed by one member of a household against another.

Down

  1. A knowing misrepresentation of the truth or concealment of a material fact to induce another to act to his or her detriment.
  2. The application of force to another, resulting in harmful or offensive contact.
  3. The willful attempt to defeat or circumvent the tax law in order to illegally reduce one’s tax liability.
  4. Politically motivated violence or intimidation directed against a civilian population by a subgroup within a population, by an outside group, or by clandestine agents of another country.
  5. The forging, copying, or imitating of something (usually money) without a right to do so and with the purpose of deceiving or defrauding.
  6. The legal procedure for sealing a record of an arrest and/or criminal conviction from public view.
  7. The act of using an online computer service, such as one on the Internet, to steal someone else’s property or to interfere with someone else’s use and enjoyment of property.
  8. The crime of transferring illegally obtained money through legitimate persons or accounts so that its original source cannot be traced.
  9. Crimes committed electronically.
  10. The unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.
  11. An intentional or neglectful physical or emotional injury imposed on a child, including sexual molestation.
  12. A request to a higher (appellate) court for that court to review and change the decision of a lower court.