Criminal offenses can be broken down into two general categories malum in se and malum prohibitum.
A criminal offense punishable by death
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Challenge for cause
Excusing a juror from a trial for a stated, specific reason, such as the juror knows the parties or witnesses in a case. Each side has an unlimited number of challenges for cause.
The criminal offense of making a false statement under oath.
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BIGAMY - Criminal offense of having two or more wives or husbands at the same time.
Bigamy: A criminal offense committed when one spouse enters a marriage when the previous marriage has not been terminated.
Bill of Particulars: The formal title for information attached to a complaint or petition.
Perjury - The criminal offense of making a false statement under oath.
Permanent Injunction - A court order requiring that some action be taken, or that some party refrain from taking action.
Charge: The criminal offense which is contained in the indictment.
Chambers: A judge's office.
Charge to the jury: The judge's instructions to the jury concerning the law that applies to the facts of the case on trial.
Felony: Any criminal offense for which a person may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of more than of one year.
Felony Murder: A murder committed while the person is also committing a felony.
Misdemeanor - Criminal offenses less than felonies; generally those punishable by fine or imprisonment of less than 90 days in a local facility.
Misdemeanor - A criminal offense lesser than a felony and generally punishable by fine or by imprisonment other than in a penitentiary.
Misfeasance - Improper performance of an act which a person might lawfully do.
information - An accusation exhibited against a person for some criminal offense, without an indictment.
2 : the danger of conviction that an accused person is subjected to when on trial for a criminal offense
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Charge: Formal accusation of having committed a criminal offense.
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Confess In criminal law, to voluntarily state that one is guilty of a criminal offense. A confession must be truly voluntary (not forced by threat, torture, or trickery) and generally cannot be admitted in trial if it is not.
GUILTY - Responsible for committing a criminal offense or a traffic infraction. The word used by an accused in pleading to the charges when he confesses to committing the crime of which he is charged.
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For example, lawyers talk of the locus delicti as the place where a criminal offense was committed or in loco parentis to refer to a person who stands in the place of a parent such as a step-parent in a common law relationship.
Fine: A sum of money imposed upon a convicted person as punishment for a criminal offense.
File: "To file" a paper is to give it to the court clerk for inclusion in the case record.
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Felony - A serious criminal offense. Under federal law any offense punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year.
**maiestas - the term applied to a number of criminal offenses against the state, including treason, sedition, desertion from the army and, later, offenses against the emperor and his family.
COUNTY ATTORNEY: The prosecutor for most major criminal offenses. City attorneys prosecute lesser offenses, such as misdemeanors. The attorney general’s office will also prosecute certain cases, such as implied consent proceedings.
Locus
Latin for "the place." For example, "locus delicti", the pace where a criminal offense was committed or "loco parentis", referring to a person who stands in the place of a parent, such as a step-parent in a common law relationship.
indictment - An accusation of a criminal offense made by a grand jury.
information - The first paper filed in criminal prosecution which states the crime of which the defendant is accused.
in criminal law, to voluntarily state that one is guilty of a criminal offense. This admission may be made to a law enforcement officer or in court either prior to or upon arrest, or after the person is charged with a specific crime.
The process of being formally charged with a crime, typically a serious criminal offense. Indictments are determined by grand juries.
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COMPLAINT
(1) (Criminal) Formal written charge that a person has committed a criminal offense. (2) (Civil) Initial document entered by the plaintiff which states the claims against the defendant.
Admission by someone that he or she has committed acts that amount to a criminal offense.
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Self-Incrimination
Statements by a defendant which would tend to admit guilt to a criminal offense. Under the Fifth Amendment, persons may refuse to answer questions or give testimony which would tend to subject them to criminal prosecution.
A wrongful act which is used to indicate an event in which a criminal offense is based.
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perjury Making a false statement under oath, a criminal offense.
personal property General term referring to any property that is not real property; i.e., that is not land, something growing on land, or a building constructed on land.
CHARGES - A formal accusation, indictment, or other criminal complaint form used to inform an accused person of the existence of a criminal offense against him or her. These are also sometimes merely called "criminal charges." ...
fine - A sum of money paid as part of a penalty of conviction for a particular criminal offense.
CRIMINAL -- One who has committed a criminal offense; one who has been legally convicted of a crime; one adjudged guilty of a crime.
Sodomy with a consenting adult female is virtually never prosecuted even in those states in which it remains on the books as a criminal offense.
Complaint -1. The legal document that usually begins a civil lawsuit. It states the facts and identifies the action the court is asked to take. 2. Formal written charge that a person has committed a criminal offense.
of rights or property without conveying them to any other person. Abandonment also means willfully leaving one's spouse or children, intending not to return (see desertion). In many states the abandonment of a child is a criminal offense.
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