criminal law word list

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  1. statutory
    relating to or created by regulations
  2. penal
    of or relating to punishment
  3. mandate
    a formal statement of a command to do something
  4. jurisprudence
    the branch of philosophy concerned with the law
  5. procedural
    of or relating to processes
  6. substantive
    having a firm basis in reality and therefore important
  7. tort
    a wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
  8. precedent
    an example that is used to justify similar occurrences
  9. treason
    a crime that undermines the offender's government
  10. espionage
    the systematic use of spies to obtain secrets
  11. infraction
    a violation of a law or rule
  12. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  13. concurrence
    the property of two things happening at the same time
  14. corpus delicti
    the body of evidence that constitute the offence
  15. duress
    compulsory force or threat
  16. estoppel
    a rule blocking someone from denying their past actions or claims in court
Created on Tue Jul 06 20:33:36 EDT 2010

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