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chap 15
chao 15
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| stare decisis | the practice of using early judicial ruling as basis for deciding a case |
| writ of habeas coeups | a court order requires police to bring a prisoner to court to explain why they are holding the person |
| bill of attanider | a law that punishes a person accused of a crime without trail or fair hearing in court |
| ex post facto law | a law that will allow a person to be punishes for a action that was not against the law when it was committed |
| due process of law | procedures establish by law and guaranteed by the constitution |
| search warrant | a xourt order allowing loaw enorcements officer t search suspects home or business and take specific items in a |
| doudle jeopardy | putting someone on trail for a crime of which he or she was previously acquitted |
| grand jury | a group of citizens that decides whether there is a sufficient evidence to accuse someone for a crime |
| plea bargaining | negotiation between the defense attorney and prosecutor |
| bail | a sum of money used as a security deposit to ensure that an accused person returns to his or her trail |
| constitutional law | branch of law dealing with format,constitution and interpretation pf constitutions |
| defendant | an individual or group being sued of changed with a crime |
| felony | a serious crime such as murder kidnap or rape |
| misdemeanor | a relatively minor offense such as vandalism or stealing inexpensive items |
| lanceny | an unlawful taken away of another person property |
| robbery | the taking of property from a persons possession by using force or threats |
| burglary | unlawful;entry into any dwelling or structure |
| lawsuit | a legal action in which a person or group sues to collect damages or some harm done |
| tort | wrongful acts for which government control extend to almost all aspects of peoples life |
| libel | written untruths thats harmful to someones reputation |
| plainoff | a person party or filling a lawsuit |
| precedent | u ruing that is used as the basic for a judicial decision in a later,similar case |
| common law | a system of laws based on precent and customs |
| statute | a law written by a legislative branch |
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