Crossword puzzle : Legal vocabulary in English

Put your mastery of legal English to the ultimate test! This crossword challenges you with sophisticated terminology drawn from courtrooms, contracts, and constitutional law. From arcane procedural concepts to nuanced distinctions between legal doctrines, these clues demand both breadth of knowledge and precision of expression — the hallmarks of truly advanced legal vocabulary.

Horizontalement

1. 1. Written sworn statement of facts
2. 4. To voluntarily give up a legal right
3. 9. An official order issued by authority
4. 10. A section within a legal document
5. 12. Process of taking legal action
6. 14. Responsible for a crime or wrongdoing
7. 16. Without pattern or design
8. 17. A written law passed by a legislature
9. 18. Past form of can used in backshift

Verticalement

1. 2. Court order requiring action or inaction
2. 3. Legally responsible for something
3. 4. from which place or source
4. 5. To formally charge with a crime
5. 6. Surrendering a suspect to another state
6. 7. Authority of a court to hear cases
7. 8. Formal charge against a criminal suspect
8. 11. in whatever way, but, nevertheless
9. 13. Containing nothing, opposite of full
10. 14. To give or allow something legally
11. 15. Modal verb used in reported speech