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criminal law

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Possession of something with the possessor having immediate control   show
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Assisting in or otherwise facilitating the commission of a crime   show
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The inchoate offense of two or more persons agreeing or planning to commit a target crime   show
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A retroactive law that criminalizes an action that was legal at the time it was performed or increases punishment for a criminal act after it was committed   show
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Serious crimes for which a person may be imprisoned for more than one year   show
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show Indictment  
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show Obscenity  
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show MPC (Model Penal Code)  
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show Misdemeanor  
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show Mens Rea  
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show General Intent  
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show First Amendment  
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The body of decisional law based largely on custom as declared by English judges after the Norman conquest of 1066   show
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show Doctrine of transferred Intent  
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Being in the position effectively to control something even if it is not actually in one’s possession   show
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show Attempt  
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A wrongful act which combined with other necessary elements of crime, constitutes criminal liability   show
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show Causation  
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The which is in fact impossible to achieve. Unlike legal impossibility this is not a defense to a charge of attempt   show
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show Inchoate Offense  
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The power of courts to strike down legislation and other governmental actions determined to be unconstitutional   show
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show Legal Impossibilities  
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show Parens Patriae  
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show Possession  
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show Procedural Criminal Law  
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The idea that law not the discretion of officials should govern public affairs   show
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show Solicitation  
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show Specific Intent  
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show Substantive Criminal Law  
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show Treason  
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