| Term | Definition |
|---|
| arson | intentional burning of anothers building or property or of owns building or property for a malicious or illegal put pose |
| assault | any deliberate & property owned by a person, or if her or she has died by his or hers estates |
| battery | illegal touching of another person |
| burglary | breaking and entering for he purpose of committing a crime |
| cited | mentioned in reference to legal source that support a proposition of law to be established |
| civil | pertaining to crimes against a person or persons |
| conspiracy | an agreement among conspirators |
| criminal | anyone who has committed a criminal offense or who has been proven guilty of such an offense |
| defendant | a person or party against who a plaintiff's allegations are brought |
| deterrence | punishment used to discourage crime |
| district court | the official prosecutor of a judicial district |
| domestic violence | abuse, physical or mental that occurs within the home |
| euthanasia | an intentional action or lack of action causing the merciful death of someone suffering from terminal illness |
| felony | a crime more serious then a misdemeanor and punishable by imprisonment for more then one year or death |
| fiduciary | holding or held in trust |
| first-degree murder | premeditated murder or murder committed with extreme cruelty |
| fraud | a deliberate deception intended to produce unlawful gain |
| indictment | a written accusation charging a party with committing a crime which is drawn up by the prosecuting attorney, issued by grand jury |
| intentional | deliberate |
| larceny | stealing or removing someones personal property to convert it illegally or deprive the owner of it possession. Larceny is a felony |
| malice | an unjust intention to commit an illegal act to injure someone |
| manslaughter | an unpremeditated taking of a human life |
| mayhem | the wanton causing a violent injury to a person or thing |
| misdemeanor | an offense less serious then a felony which may be published by a fine or sentence to a local prison for less then one year |
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