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capter 9 criminal justice

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theft
a general term embracing a wide variety of misconduct by which a person is unlawfully deprived of his or her property
acquisitive offense
a crime that involves the unlawful acquiring or appropriation of someone else's property. larceny, extortion, embezzlement, false pretenses robbery and the receiving of stolen property are all wrongful acquisition offenses. also called wrongful acquisition crime and crime misappropriation
larceny
The trespassory or wrongful taking and carrying away asportation of the personal property of another with intent to steal
tangible property
property that has physical form and can be touched such as land goods jewelry and furniture also movable property that can be taken and carried away
personal property
anything of value that is subject to ownership and that is not land or fixture
fixture
an item that is permanently affixed to the land
intangible property
property that has no intrinsic value but that represents something of value. intangible personal property may include documents deeds records of ownership promissory notes stock certificates computer software and intellectual property
real property
land and fixtures
trespassory taking
for crimes of theft a taking with put the consent of the victim
asportation
the trespassory taking and carrying away as of personal property in the crime of larceny or of the victim in kidnapping
claim of right
a defense against a charge of larceny that consists of an honest belief in ownership or right to possession
embezzlement
the misappropriation of property already in the possession of the defendant. also the unlawful,conversion of the personal property of another by a person to whom it has been entrusted by or for its rightful owner
conversion
the unauthorized assumption of the right of ownership. conversion is a central feature of the crime of embezzlement as in the unlawful conversion of the personal property of another by a person to whom it has been entrusted
false pretenses
knowingly and unlawfully obtaining title to and possession of the lawful property of another by means of deception and with intent to defraud also called obtaining property by false pretenses
forgery
the making of a false written instrument or the material alteration of an existing genuine written instrument
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