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| A defense such as insanity, self-defense and entrapment. If proved by the defendant, it makes the defendant not guilty of the crime even if teh prosecution can prove the elements of the crime. |
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| According to the UCR, any willful or malicious burning of another's property. |
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| Technically, the immediate threat of attacking someone, but usually it means a physical attack on another person. |
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| Assault of a deadly weapon |
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| The crime of attacking someone with a weapon that could cause fatal injuries. |
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| The illegal touching of another person, usually an attack. When used in the phrase assault and battery the assault is the threat of the attack and the battery is the physcial attack itself. |
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| The illegal entry into any building with the intent to commit a crime, such as theft. |
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| A lawsuit between individuals or organizations, which normally seeks monetary compensation for damages. |
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1) unwritten law in England that evolved over centuries and is the basis for U.S. law.
2)Case law in the U.S. as opposed to statutory law. |
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| An illegal act punishable upon conviction in a court. |
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| A prosecutor of defense attorney. |
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| A seirous crime usually punished by one or more years of imprisonment in a state or federal penitentiary. |
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| The rule that if any person is killed during a felony, the criminal can be charged with murder. |
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| The crime of obtaining another's property through lies and deceit. |
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| The unlawful taking of another's property with the intention of permanently depriving the owner of its possesion and use; theft. |
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| A form of mob violence that punishes an accused person without a legal trial. The word comes from the American Revolution and a Colonel Charles Lynch of Virginia, who urged crowds to beat and frighten Tories, supporters of Britain. |
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| Guilty minds; the state of mind requirment for crimes. |
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| A crime less serious than a felony, usually punished by a fine or imprisonment up to one year in a local jail. |
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| A criminal code composed by legal experts at the American Law Institute as a standard that legislatures may want to adopt. Unless sections of it are adopted by jurisdictions, it has no legal authority. |
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| The crime of lying while testifying under oath. |
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| The taking of a person's property by violence or threat of violence; forcible stealing. |
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| Direct payments made from criminal to victim as compensation for a crime. |
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