Civil Law
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
n
o
i
A phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb
2.
p
u
i
v
Inflicting punishment
4.
s
d
r
An abusive attack on a person's character or good name
5.
l
b
A false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person
6.
r
e
Any rational or irrational number
7.
p
e
r
s
A short newspaper article about a particular ___ or group
8.
i
n
t
c
t
l
A person who uses the mind creatively
9.
p
a
n
A document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
10.
c
i
g
h
A document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
11.
c
o
e
Permission to do something
14.
d
y
Work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons
15.
b
a
h
A personal or social separation
16.
p
a
t
i
A person who brings an action in a court of law
17.
d
f
a
t
A person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law
18.
m
l
i
Feeling a need to see others suffer
19.
d
a
m
To charge falsely or with malicious intent
21.
p
r
m
Payment for insurance