Ch.7 Criminal Law

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  1. penal code
    the legal code governing crimes and their punishment
    The written, organized and complied form of the criminal laws of jurisdiction
  2. case law
    a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
    The body of judicial precedent, Historically built on legal reasoning and past interpretations of statuary laws, that serves as a guide to decision making. Especially in courts
  3. common law
    a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
    The body of law originating from usage and custom rather then from written statutes. Refers to a term of judicial opinion.
  4. procedural
    of or relating to processes
    The part of law that specifies the methods to be used in enforcing substantive law
  5. civil law
    the legal code of ancient Rome
    The branch of law that governs relationships between parties
  6. tort
    a wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
    A wrongful act, damage or injury not involving a breach of contract. Also, a private or civil wrong or injury
  7. precedent
    an example that is used to justify similar occurrences
    A legal principle that ensures that previous judicial desicions are authoritively considered and incorporated into future cases
  8. administrative law
    the body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government
    the body of regulations that governments create to control the activities of industries, businesses, and individuals
  9. misdemeanor
    a crime less serious than a felony
    minor crimes, consisting of offenses such as petty theft, simple assault, disorderly in public, and disturbing the peice
  10. felony
    a serious crime, such as murder or arson
    serious crimes, such as murder, rape, aggrevated assault, robbery burglary and arson
  11. espionage
    the systematic use of spies to obtain secrets
    an offense akin to treason but which can be committed by noncitizens, the gathering, transmitting or losing of information related to a national defense in such a mannor that the information becaomes available to enemies.
  12. treason
    a crime that undermines the offender's government
    a U.S citizens actions to help a forign government overthrow, make war against, or seriously injure the united states.
  13. infraction
    a violation of a law or rule
    very minor crimes, such as jaywalking, spitting on a sidewalk, littering
  14. offense
    a failure to show regard for others
    a term that referrs to violations of the law that are less serious then misdemeanors,
  15. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
    means imcomplete, or impartial
  16. concurrence
    the property of two things happening at the same time
    the act and mental state occur together in order for a crime to take place
  17. entrapment
    missing
    an improprt or illegal inducment to crime by agents of law enforecment.
  18. guilt
    the state of having committed an offense
    to be accused of, or an emotional feeling of being caught,
  19. liability
    the state of being legally obliged and responsible
    A liability without fault (strict liability) or intention
  20. justification
    the act of defending or explaining by reasoning
    a legal defense in which the defendant admits to committing the act in question but claims it was neccessary in order to avoid some greater evil
Created on Wed Sep 28 02:17:33 EDT 2011 (updated Wed Sep 28 02:25:25 EDT 2011)

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