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| Formal written document that admits or denies each allegation of the complaint and states any defenses that the defendant plans to use. |
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| Courts that have the authority to hear appeals and review cases from lower courts. |
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| – Authority of court to review a decision of a lower court or administrative agency. |
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| Procedure in which the accused is brought before the court, read the indictment or information, and asked to plead guilty or not guilty. |
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| Action when a person is deprived of his or her freedom |
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| Money or other property that is left with the court to assure the court that the person will return to stand trial. |
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| Legal document containing a short and plain statement of the plaintiff’s claim against the defendant. |
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| Action that hinders the administration of justice in court. |
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| Governmental forum that administers justice under the law. |
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| Accurate, detailed report of what went on at a trial. |
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| Minor, under a certain age (usually sixteen, seventeen, or eighteen), who has committed an act that would be a crime if done by an adult. |
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| Hearing whether there are good reasons for keeping the accused in custody and whether or not there are special circumstances affecting the case. |
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| An administrative agency decision-making, notice of charges or potential rule making coupled with opportunity to appear, present evidence, and confront witnesses if warranted. |
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| Constitutional requirement for fundamental fairness in our legal and court system. |
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| willful and malicious burning of a house or other building |
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| an attempt to commit a battery |
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| unlawful touching of another person. |
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| illegally paying or giving anything of value to public officials in order to influence their official activity. |
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| breaking (opening) and entering of a dwelling house at night with the intent to commit a felony. |
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| illegally using hardware and software by copying and/or taking data from web sites and programs for personal use without prior permission |
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| an act against the public good, punishable by a fine, imprisonment, or both. |
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| take the life of the convicted by use of various means, i.e., lethal injection, electric chair, gas mass. |
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| person accused of committing a crime. |
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| defense of family members |
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| person who uses force to rescue a family member who has been attacked. |
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| wrongful taking away of another’s property by a person who has been entrusted with that property. |
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| law enforcement officer induces a law-abiding citizen to commit a crime. |
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| unjust taking of money or a thing of value by a public official |
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| major crime punishable by imprisonment or death |
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| payment of a specified amount of money as a penalty for committing a crime |
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| false making or changing of a writing with the intent to defraud. |
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| indefinite or indeterminate sentences handed down by the judge. |
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| crime committed without the knowledge or mental state of the person. |
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| youth under the legal of adulthood |
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| unlawful removal or restraint of a person against that person’s will |
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| unlawful taking and carrying away of personal property of another with the intent to deprive the owner of it. |
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| unlawful killing of another human being without malice aforethought. |
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| less serious crime with a less severe penalty. |
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| unlawful killing of another human being with malice aforethought |
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| attorney representing the state. |
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| wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal property of another accomplished by violence or threats. |
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| a person having good reason to believe to be in danger of serious injury or death and uses force to protect self |
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decision of judge to impose appropriate punishment of a crime.
sex offenses-sexual assault by a friend or a date to include other types of sexual misconduct. |
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| telecommunication laws or Cyber laws |
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| governs the legal issues of cyberspace. |
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| knowing of risk and still taking the chance. |
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| negligence of each party is compared. |
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| plaintiff helps cause his or her injuries. |
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| injuring another’s reputation |
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| know and desire the consequences of your act |
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| interfering with a person’s right to be left alone. |
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| false statement made in writing |
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Failure to exercise a degree of care that a reasonable person would have exercised in
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| anything that interferes with the enjoyment of life. |
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| legal connection between unreasonable conduct and the resulting harm. |
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| something that produces a result, without it the result would no have occurred. |
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| false statement made orally. |
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| participation in ultrahazardous activity |
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| - One person’s interference with another person’s rights, either through intent, negligence, or strict liability. |
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| person who committed a tort |
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| wrongful damage to or interference with the property of another. |
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| lacks the determination of mind. |
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