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Civics - Law Terms
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8th Grade
03/05/2015

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Laws
Definition
Rules that are created and enforced by governments
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Morals
Definition
Beliefs about what is fair and what is right or wrong
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Civil Disobedience
Definition
Breaking a law in non violent way because it goes against personal morals
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Statues
Definition
Written laws made by legislatures
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Common Law
Definition
A body of law based on a judges decision
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Legal Code
Definition
A written colelction of laws often organized by subject
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Crime
Definition
Any beahviour that is illegal because the government considers it harmful to society
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Criminal Law
Definition
The group of laws which acts are crimes and how they should be punished
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Felony
Definition
A serious crime for which the penalty for which the penalty could be imprisonment for more than one year
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Misdemeanor
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A minor crime for which the penalty is often a fine
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Civil Law
Definition
The groups that help settle disagreements between people
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Assault
Definition
Placing someone in fear without actual physical contact
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Battery
Definition
Harming someone through physical contact as with a weapon
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Burglary
Definition
The act of breaking int oa building with plans to do something illiegal
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Embezzlement
Definition
Stealing money that has been entrusted to ones care
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Treason
Definition
Betraying once country by helping ones enemies or making war against it.
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Terrorism
Definition
Crimes in which people or groups of people use violence to get what they want form government or society
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Probable Cause
Definition
A good reason to believe that a suspect has been involve din a crime.
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Warrant
Definition
A legal docoument issued by a court giving police permission to search and seizure
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Bail
Definition
Money that a defendant gives a court as a kind of promise for them to return to court
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Indictment
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A formal charge against an accused person
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Arraignment
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A court hearing in which the dendant is formally charged with a crime in which they plea of not guilty or no contest
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Plea Bargaining
Definition
When a defendant agrees to plead guilty in exchange for a lesser charge or lighter sentence
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Parole
Definition
Letting an inmate go free to serve the rest of his/her sentence from prison under probation
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Delinquent
Definition
A Juvenile who is found guilty of a crime
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Status Offender
Definition
A youth who is judged to be beyond his or her control of his or her gaurdian
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