Take the Law into Your Hands!

a written statement affirmed by oath or pledge that can be used as evidence in court

officially deciding and declaring in a law court that someone is not guilty of a crime

legally impossible to avoid and must be obeyed

document effecting a property transfer

add one's signature to after another's to attest authenticity

confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs

a certificate or voucher acknowledging a debt

an official authoritative decision or judgment, especially one made by a government or the ruler of a country

**** To compose or prepare a document

to ensure that a law or rule is followed

a formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office

a formal accusation of a crime

to go against a rule, law, term of agreement, etc.

an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business

an inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death

the situation of being or dying without a legally valid will

the part of a country's government that administers the legal system, including all its judges

a law or a set of laws passed by a legislative body, such as a parliament

in compliance with the law or regulations

persons who make or amend or repeal laws

institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against

*** a document recording the terms of a contract or other legal details.

to reverse, abolish, or invalidate something, especially a legal decision

to discharge a criminal from the legal consequences of a conviction or violation

(law) permission for a prisoner to leave prison before the end of their imprisonment sentence, on the condition of good conduct

a person who brings a lawsuit against someone else in a court

to state in a court of law, in front of the judge and the jury, whether someone is guilty or not guilty of a crime

actions taken in a court of law in order to settle an argument

a stipulated condition

the process of bringing someone to court in an attempt to prove their guilt

an official statement according to which one gives up their legal right or claim

to announce that something is no longer legally valid or binding

a formal statement saying something is true, particularly made by a witness in court

an officially written and established law

to make a statement as a witness in court saying something is true

to accept a rule, decision, or recommendation without objection

refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision

(particularly of a law court) to state that a previous decision is correct