Diversion In a criminal case, an alternative procedure in which the case is handled outside of the court, instead as part of the normal criminal justice system.
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diversion - A procedure used in some criminal prosecutions against persons who are arrested and have no previous criminal background.
Diversion - The process of removing some minor criminal, traffic, or juvenile cases from the full judicial process, on the condition that the accused undergo some sort of rehabilitation or make restitution for damages.
DIVERSION - Also known as adjournment in contemplation of dismissal or conditional dismissal. A program in which a defendant is put on probation for a set period of time and his or 297 her case does not go to trial during that time.
Diversionary Programs: Community based programs that are used to keep eligible, convicted criminal offenders out of prison.
Docket: A list of cases scheduled to be heard in court on a specific day or week.
diversion - Procedures for handling relatively insignificant juvenile problems informally, without referral to Juvenile Court.
Diversion - The process of removing some minor offenses from the full judicial process, on the condition that the accused undergo some sort of rehabilitation or make restitution for damages.
diversion: Instead of going to jail, a defendant goes to a rehabilitation ("rehab") program and is supervised by a probation officer. When the defendant finishes the program, the charges are dismissed and the defendant is not sentenced.
diversion
n. in criminal procedure, a system for giving a chance for a first- time criminal defendant in lesser crimes to make restitution for damage due to the crime, ...
Diversion
Definition - Noun
: the act or an instance of diverting: as
a : an unauthorized rerouting or appropriation <~ of funds> ...
Diversion or alternative measures is not a 100% breliable "get out of jail free" card, as set out in Halsbury's Laws of Canada, a virtual verbatim reiteration of ยง717(4) of the Criminal Code: ...
Diversion
A departure from the highway initiated by the highway authority.
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Deliberate diversion of a person's affection away from someone--usually a spouse--who has a right to expect such affection. In most places, alienation of affection is no longer recognized as a legal claim.
PRE-TRIAL DIVERSION: Also known as adjournment in contemplation of dismissal or conditional dismissal.
(see "Judgment")DiversionIn criminal law, removal of a case from the usual process. The police or Crown attorney may divert a case if certain conditions are met. There are various formal and informal pre-charge and post-charge diversion programs.
the Senate committee on improper activities in the fields of labor and management, which uncovered evidence of collusion between dishonest employers and union officials, the use of violence by certain segments of labor leadership, and the diversion ...
COMMUNITY WORK SERVICE (CWS): In the corrections system, community work service is a condition either assigned by the Court or agreed to as part of a Diversion Agreement.
However, Oregon, the state that refers to drunk driving as DUII, does have a pre-trial diversion program that many other states do not offer.
Such are the common law action of waste, and trespass quare clausum fregit; as likewise trespass on the case for injuries affecting things real, as for nuisances to houses or lands; disturbance of rights of way or of common; obstruction or diversion ...
arise out of some local subject, or the violation of some local rights or interest; as the common law action of waste, trespass quare clausum fregit, trespass for nuisances to houses or lands disturbance of right of way, obstruction or diversion of ...
Riparian rights include the right of access to, and use of, the water for domestic purposes (bathing, cleaning and navigating). The owner of the rights may take action to prevent damming, diversion or pollution of the water.
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