| Term | Definition |
|---|
| criminal | anyone who has committed a criminal offsense |
| civil | pertaining to crimes against a person or persons |
| plaintiff | one who brings a court action against another |
| defendent | a person or party against whom a planitiff's allegations are brought |
| cited | mentioned in refernce to legal sources that support a propostion of law to be established |
| felony | a crime more serious than a misdemeanor and punishable by impresonment for more than one year or death |
| misdemeanor | an offense less serious than a felony and which may be punished by a fine or sentence to a local prison for lesss than one year |
| murder | an act done with intent to kill the victim |
| manslaughter | an unpremeditated taking of human life |
| rape | unlawful sexual intercourse with a female against her will |
| sodomy | unnatural copulation of human beings with each other or with an animal |
| robbery | the forcible stealing of the personal prpoerty of another either from his or her person or in the presence of the victim |
| larceny | stealing or removing someone's personal property to convert it illegally or deprive the owner of it's possession. |
| arson | intentional burning of another's building or property or of one's own building or property for a malicious or illegal purpose |
| burglary | breaking and and entering for the purpose of committing a crime |
| mayhem | the wanton causing of violent injury to a person or thing |
| assault | any deliberate attempt or threat to inflict bodily injury upon another person and with apparent ability to do so |
| battery | illegal touching of another person |
| reformation | the rehabilitation of a criminal;changed behavior |
| retribution | something given or demanded in payment or as a punishment for criminal wrongdoing |
| deterrence | punishment used to discourage crime |
| tort | a private wrong or injury;other than breach of contract, for which the court will provide a remedy |
| intentional | deliberate |
| negligence | failure to take resonable precautions to protect others from the risk of harm |
| strict liability | responsibility of a seller or manufacturer for any defective product unduly threatening personal safety |
| theft | stealing property without consent of the owner |
| district court | a division of the trial court(federal or state) |
| superior court | a court of general jurisdication to which a case is removed for trial or appeal |
| indictment | a written accusation charging a party with committing a crime which is drawn up by the prosecuting attorney and issued by a grand jury |
| euthanasia | an intentional action or lack of action causing the merciful death of someone suffering from a terminal illness or incurable condition |
| first-degree murder | premeditated murder or murder committed with extreme cruelty |
| malice | an unjust intention to commit an illegal act to injure someone |
| wanton | done with reckless disregard of another's right or needs |
| respectable minority | a minority acceptable to its peer group |
| conspiracy | an agreement among conspirators |
| fiduciary | holding or held in trust |
| dosmectic violence | abuse,physical or mental, that occurs withnin the home |
| fraud | a deliberate deception intended to produce unlawful gain |
| self--defense | the right to protect oneself resonably from acts of violence or threatened violence |
| Stautory | pertaining to law |
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