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Question | Answer |
Reasons and motives to commit a crime | mindset |
Lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers | liniency |
The officers of the court who supervise liberated criminals | probation officers |
Declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime; legally blameless | acquitted |
The act of liberating under some restrictions. | probation |
A final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed. | conviction |
A lawyer who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state | prosecuting attorney prosecutor |
The act of stealing | larceny |
Order by virtue of superior authority; decree. | enact |
A serious crime | felony |
Keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view, to consider. | deem |
somebody engaged in the business of providing bail money, or acting as surety, for an accused person. | bail bondsman |
providing protective supervision | custodial |
resolution of a lawsuit or legal dispute prior to a final court judgement | settlement |
to ask for a call in an official matter, such as to attend court | request for summons |
watch and direct | overseeing |
the termination of someone’s employment | dismissal |
the party who initiates a lawsuit | claimant plaintiff |
qualified for by right according to law | entitled |
the body of laws created by legislative statutes. | statutory laws |
not acting with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances | negligent |
the duty of a litigant to prove or disprove an allegation in court | burden of proof |
person who is required to answer the complain of a plaintiff in a civil suit before a court. | defendant |
the obligation to do everything reasonably practicable to prevent others from harm. | duty of care |
Institute legal procedures against | to sue |
a tort consisting of false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person | libel |
Declared but not proved | alleged |
examine (evidence or a case) by judicial process | hear |
Degree of cogent evidence required in a specific kind of case to prevail | standard of proof |
to make a legal resource valid and to compel people to respect its mandate | enforced |
any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy | lawsuit |
A statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.) | amendment |
amendment | outlines |
not legally valid | null and void |
A formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense | indictment |
From that circumstance or source | thereof |
Tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument | compelling |
Keep from having, keeping, or obtaining | deprive |
The act of examining something closely (as for wrongdoing) | scrutiny |
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