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Vocabulary Week 2
Vocab week 2
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Criminal Justice
Undergraduate 3
12/16/2010

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Term
Acquit
Definition
Find not guilty
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Booking
Definition
recording an arrest, photographing, and fingerprinting
Term
Bribe
Definition
anything of value given to illegally influence another
Term
Consecutive sentences
Definition
one following after the other
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Due Process
Definition
A legal hearing of some type
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Felony
Definition
a crime punishable by death or state prison
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Former jeopardy
Definition
previously acquitted of same crime, can't be retried
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Import
Definition
to imply, to signify something
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Infraction
Definition
an offense not punishable by imprisonment
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Justices
Definition
judges of appellate courts
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Knowingly
Definition
conscious of the act done
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Magistrate
Definition
any trial court judge
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Malice
Definition
a wish to injure, vex or annoy
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Misdemeanor
Definition
all crimes other than felonies and infractions
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Negligence
Definition
failing to use due care as required by law
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Ordinance
Definition
a city or county law
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Preponderance
Definition
majority of evidence, the most
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Real property
Definition
land, real estate
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Unwritten law
Definition
Common law
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Willfully
Definition
willingness to do an act, intentional
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