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vocabulary

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Term and Definition
Definition and Term
penal code   criminal law of a political jurisdiction  
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the violation of the civil law   tort  
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the body of law that defines criminal offenses and their penalties   substantive law  
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the body of law that governs the ways substantive laws are administrated ; called remedial law   procedural law  
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civil law   resolving conflicts between individuals  
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criminal law   formal means of social control  
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the rights of people suspected of or charged with crimes   due process of law  
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idea characteristic of criminal law ; rules made by the state   politicality  
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referring to its scope   specificity  
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the applicability of the law to all persons   regularity  
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enforcement of the laws against anyone who violates them   uniformity  
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the principle that violators will be punished or at least threated by the state   penal sanction  
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precedent   decision that forms a potential basis for deciding the outcomes of similar cases in the future  
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stare decisis   principle of using precedents to guide future decisions in court cases  
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searches   discovering evidence of crimes or persons who are accused of crimes  
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warrant   to search for a persons arrest  
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seizures   taking persons property in custody  
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arrest   seizure of a person or taking a person into custody  
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probable cause   amount of proof necessary to arrest suspect  
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reasonable suspicion   standard of proof that is more than a gut feeling  
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mere suspicion   the standard of proof with the least certainly "gut-feeling"  
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frisking   patting the outside of suspects clothes  
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evidence that more likely than not outweighs the opposing evidence   preponderance of evidence  
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standard of proof necessary to find a defendant guilty   beyond a reasonable trail  
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standard proof necessary for a defendant to make a successful claim of insanity   clear and convincing evidence  
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rule that illegally seized evidence must be excluded from trails in federal courts   exclusionary rule  
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defendant of a second trail for the same offense   double jeopardy  
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being a witness against oneself   self-incrimination  
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admission by a person accused of a crime   confession  
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third degree methods   doctrine of fundamental fairness  
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written order issued by a court   subpoena  
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venue   place of the trail  
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contraband   illegal substance or object  
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