Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| insanity, self-defense and entrapment |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| burning of anothers property |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| physical attack on another person |
|
|
Term
| assault with deadly weapon |
|
Definition
| attacking someone with a weapon that could casue fatal injuries |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| illegal touching of another usually in attack |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| theft, illegal entry in a building |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| lawsuit between individuals or organizations |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| as oppposed to statutory law |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| illegal act punishable upon conviction in a court |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| prosecutor or defense attorney |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| serious crime punished by one or more years in prison |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| if any person killed during a felony the criminal can be charged with murder |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| obtaining anothers property through lies and detect |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| taking of anothers property with the intention of permanently theft |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| mob violence that punishes an accussed person without a legal trail |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| crime less serious than a felony |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| crime of lying under oath |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| taking of a persons property by violence |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| direct payments made from crimanal to victim as compensation for a crime |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| court that hears appeals not a trail court |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| take a person into custody for the purpose of charging with a crime |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a legally recongnized subject of national of a state or commonwealth |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| court that handles civil cases |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| rules for processing someone through the criminal justice system |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| force that poses a high risk of death or serious injury to its human target |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| statement about the rights of the suspects |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| formal request made to a court |
|
|
