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  1. accumulated
    periodically gathered over time
  2. actus reus
    activity that transgresses moral or civil law
  3. alibi
    proof that someone accused of a crime could not have done it
  4. appellate
    relating to challenges to a legal decision
  5. asphyxia
    a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas
  6. attainment
    the act of achieving an aim
  7. case
    an occurrence of something
  8. civil
    of or occurring between or among citizens of the state
  9. coercion
    using force to cause something to occur
  10. common
    having no special distinction or quality
  11. concurrence
    the property of two things happening at the same time
  12. consent
    give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
  13. contemplate
    think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
  14. corpus delicti
    the body of evidence that constitute the offence
  15. criminal
    someone who has committed a punishable act
  16. criminal negligence
    (law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences)
  17. defense
    the act of guarding someone or something against attack
  18. double jeopardy
    prosecution of the same crime twice
  19. duress
    compulsory force or threat
  20. element
    a substance that cannot be separated into simpler substances
  21. entrapment
    missing
  22. estoppel
    a rule blocking someone from denying their past actions or claims in court
  23. ex post facto
    affecting things past
  24. excuse
    a defense of some offensive behavior
  25. famishment
    a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period
  26. felony
    a serious crime, such as murder or arson
  27. hudud
    Islamic laws stating the limits ordained by Allah and including the deterrent punishments for serious crimes
  28. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  29. insanity
    relatively permanent disorder of the mind
  30. Islamic
    of or relating to or supporting Islamism
  31. justification
    the act of defending or explaining by reasoning
  32. law
    the collection of rules imposed by authority
  33. legal code
    a code of laws adopted by a state or nation
  34. malice aforethought
    criminal intent
  35. mens rea
    criminal intent
  36. misdemeanor
    a crime less serious than a felony
  37. motive
    the reason that arouses action toward a desired goal
  38. municipal
    relating to a self-governing district
  39. necessity
    the condition of being essential or indispensable
  40. openhandedness
    liberality in bestowing gifts
  41. penal code
    the legal code governing crimes and their punishment
  42. precedent
    an example that is used to justify similar occurrences
  43. procedural
    of or relating to processes
  44. procedural
    of or relating to processes
  45. prominent
    conspicuous in position or importance
  46. provocation
    a means of arousing or stirring to action
  47. rule out
    include or exclude by determining judicially or in agreement with rules
  48. self-defense
    the act of defending yourself
  49. stardust
    a dreamy romantic or sentimental quality
  50. statutory
    relating to or created by regulations
  51. system call
    an instruction that interrupts the program being executed and passes control to the supervisor
  52. tapir
    a large hoofed mammal with a heavy body and fleshy snout
  53. tort
    a wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
  54. unambiguous
    having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning
  55. Walter Gropius
    United States architect and founder of the Bauhaus school
Created on Tue Jul 05 20:48:56 EDT 2011 (updated Tue Jul 05 21:00:08 EDT 2011)

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