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Cr - Legal Words 1
First set of Vocabulary words for Criminal Training
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Appearance | A coming into court as a party or interested person, or as a lawyer on behalf of a party or interested person. |
| Appearance Bond | Type of bail bond required to insure presence of a defendant in criminal case. |
| Arraignment | Procedure whereby the accused is brought before the court to plead to the criminal charge in the indictment or information. |
| Arrest Warrant | A writ directing or authorizing someone to do an act, especially one directing a law enforcement officer to make an arrest, a search or a seizure. |
| Bond | A written promise to pay money or do some act if certain circumstances occur or a certain time elapses. |
| Bail bond | A bond given to a court by a criminal defendant's surety, guaranteeing that the defendant will duly appear in the future. |
| Charge | Accusation of a crime by a formal complaint, information or indictment. |
| Detention Hearing | Judicial or quasi judicial proceeding used to determine the propriety of detaining a person on bail or a juvenile in a shelter facility. |
| Excludable Delay | The Speedy Trial Act lists a number of events that make it impossible to indict a defendant or being a defendant's trial within the timed periods required by the Act. These events are referred to as "Excludables". |
| Ex Parte | A proceeding brought before a court by one party only, without notice to or challenge by the other side. |
| Guilty Plea | When the defendant enters a guilty please, the defendant waives the right to a trial and admits committing the offense. If the court accepts the defendant's guilty plea, the case proceeds to sentencing. |
| Initial Appearance | A criminal defendant's first appearance in court to hear the charges read, to be advised of his or her rights, and to have bail determined. |
| Personal Recognizance | Pretrial release based on the person's own promise that he will show up for trial (no bond required). |
| Plea | In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges. |
| Preliminary Examination | A hearing held in felony cases prior to indictment during with the government is required to produce sufficient evidence to establish that there is probably cause to believe (a) that a crime has been committed and that (b) the defendant committed it. |
| Presentence Report | A report prepared by a court's probation officer, after a person has been convicted of an offense, summarizing for the court the background information needed to determine the appropriate sentence. |
| Pretrial Diversion | Defendants in criminal cases are referred to community agencies prior to trial while their criminal trials are held in abeyance. If defendant responds successfully within a specified period, the charges are commonly dismissed. |
| Probable Cause | having more evidence for than against. A reasonable ground for belief in the existence of facts warranting the proceedings complained of. |
| Proffer | To offer or tender, as, the production of a document and offer of the same in evidence. |
| Removal Petition | The charging document provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office when a defendant is arrested in a district other than where the offense was allegedly committed. |
| Search Warrant | An order in writing, issued by a justice or other magistrate judge authorizing law enforcement officer to search for and seize any property that constitutes evidence of the commission of a crime, contraband, the fruits of a crime, etc. |
| Secured Bond | A bond backed by some type of security |
| Seizure (warrant) | The act of taking possession of property for a violation of law or by virtue of an execution. |
| Speedy Trial Act of 1974 | A federal statue establishing time limits for carrying out the majjor events in the prosecution of federal criminal crimes. |
| Stand Mute | A person who stands silent when required to answer or plead. When stated the court will automatically enter a plea of not guilty. |
| Third Party Custodian | a designated person who agrees to assume supervision and to report any violation of a release condition to the court. |
| Without Prejudice | Without loss of any rights; in a way that does not harm or cancel the legal rights or privileges of a party. |
| With Prejudice | With loss of all rights; in a way that finally disposes of a party's claim and bars any future action on that claim. |
| Writ | An order issued for a court requiring the performance of a specified act, or giving authority to have it done. |
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