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Vocabulary Week 1
Vocab week 1
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Criminal Justice
Undergraduate 3
12/16/2010
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Abridge
 Definition
Circumvent, avoid
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Appellate Court
 Definition
A court of appeals
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Adjective Law
 Definition
Procedural Law
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Corpus Delicti
 Definition
Elements of a crime
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Common Law
 Definition
Resulting from custom and court decisions
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Custom
 Definition
Behavior which has become traditional with time
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Doctrines
 Definition
rules
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Incestuous
 Definition
marriage or sexual relations between close blood relatives
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Inherent
 Definition
within, basic to, built in
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Jurisdiction
 Definition
court's legal authority to act
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Moral turpitude
 Definition
relating to ethics, honesty, morality
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Nullify
 Definition
to dilute or abolish
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Precedent
 Definition
binding court decisions
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Public Policy
 Definition
best for the majority, custom
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Sovereign
 Definition
power to act, as with the power of a king
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Statutes
 Definition
written laws
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Substantive Law
 Definition
laws defining crimes and their punishments
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Taboos
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based on tribal prohibitions and customs
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Tort
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private or civil wrong
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Venue
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geographical location of court hearing a case
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