Criminal Law

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The body of rules and regulations that define and specify the nature of and punishments for offences of a public nature or wrong doing committed against the state or society.
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  1. substantive
    having a firm basis in reality and therefore important
  2. misdemeanor
    a crime less serious than a felony
  3. treason
    a crime that undermines the offender's government
  4. espionage
    the systematic use of spies to obtain secrets
  5. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  6. general
    applying to all or most members of a category or group
Created on Wed Jul 13 12:29:38 EDT 2011

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