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30 Cards in this Set
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addiction
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- physical dependence on a drug which includes tolerance and withdrawal
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affiant
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- the person who makes and subscribes an affidavit
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alcoholic liquors
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- intoxicating liquors which can be used as a beverage, and which, when, drunk to excess, will produce intoxication
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bailiff
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- a court officer or attendant who has charge of a court session in the matter of keeping order
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blackmail
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- unlawful demand of money or property under threat to do bodily harm, to injure property, to accuse of a crime, or to expose disgraceful defects
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civil disorder
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- any public disturbance involving acts of violence by assemblages of three or more persons, wich causes an immedite danger of or results in damage or injury to the property or person of any other individual
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corroborate
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-to add weight or credibility to a thing by additional and confirming facts or evidence.
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courage
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-the state or quality of mind or spirit that enables one to face danger with self-possession, confidence, and resolution; bravery; valor
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criminal attempt
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-the offence of an attempt to commit the crime and some step or overt act towards commossion of the crime
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defendant
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-the accused in a criminal case
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direct examination
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- the first interrogation or examination of a witness on the merits, by the party on whose behalf he is called
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district
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- one of the rerritorial areas into which an entire state or country,county, municipality or other political subdivision is divided, for judicial, political, electoral, or administative purpouses
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ethics
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- of or relating to moral action, conduct, motive or character
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evidence
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- any species of proof, or probative matter, legally presented at the trial of an issue, by the act of the parties and through the medium of witnesses,records, documents, exhibits, concrete objects, etc., for the purpose of inducing belief in the minds of the court or jury as their contention
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fraud
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- a false representation of a matter of fact, whether by words or conduct, by false or misleading allegations, or by concealment of which should have been disclosed
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guardian
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- a person lawfully invested with the power and charge with the duty of taking care of the person and managing the property and rights of another person
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homicide
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- the killing of one human being by the act, procurement, or omission of another
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injunction
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- a court order prohibiting someone frome doing some specifide act or commanding someone to undo some wrong or injury
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intention
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- determination to act in a certain way or to do a certain thing
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justifiable
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rightful; defensible; warranted or sanctionedby law
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liquor
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alcoholic beverage made by distillation; to be cantrasted with wines which are made by fermentation
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mandate
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- a command, order,or direction, written or oral. which court is authorized to give and person is bound to obey
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Miranda Rule
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- prior to any custodial interrogation the person must be warned: that he has a right to remain silent; that any statement he does make may be used as evidence against him; that he has a right to the presence of an attorney; that if he cannot afford an a attorney, one will be appointed to him prior to any questioning if he so desires
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necessary force
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- the minimum amount of lawful aggression sufficient to achieve a legitimate law enforcement objective
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ordinance
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- a rule established by authority
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perjury
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- in criminal law, the willful assertation as to a matter of fact, opinion, belief, or knowledge, made by a witnesss in a judicial proceeding as part of his evidence, either upon oath, whether such evidence is given in open court or in an affidavit, or otherwise, such assertion being material to the issue or point of injuy and know to such witness to be false
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plain view doctrine
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- objects falling in plain view of an officer who has the fight to be in position to have that view are subject to seizure without a warrant and may be introduced in evidence
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pro bono
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- for the good, used to describe work or services done or performend free of charge
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procedure
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- the mode of processing by which a legal right is enforced, as distinguished from the substantive law which gives or defines the right, andwhich, by means of the proceeding, the court is to administer
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statute
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- a formal written enactment of a legislative body whether federal, state, city, or county
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