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  1. actus reus
    activity that transgresses moral or civil law
    Wrongful doing
  2. administrative law
    the body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government
    the body of regulations that governments creat to control the activity of industries, businesses and individuals
  3. aforethought
    planned in advance
    planned or plotted
  4. case law
    a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
    comes from judicial decisions and is also referred to as the law of precendent
  5. civil law
    the legal code of ancient Rome
    the branch of modern law that governs relationships between parties
  6. codified
    enacted by a legislative body
    laws written down in an orginized fashion
  7. common law
    a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
    the body of law orginating from usage and custom rather than from written statutes.
  8. corpus delicti
    the body of evidence that constitute the offence
    body of the crime
  9. criminal law
    the body of law dealing with offenses and their punishment
  10. defendant
    someone against whom an action is brought in a court of law
  11. double jeopardy
    prosecution of the same crime twice
  12. espionage
    the systematic use of spies to obtain secrets
    undercover work or spying
  13. formalized
    given formal standing or endorsement
  14. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
    incomplete or partial
  15. jurisprudence
    the branch of philosophy concerned with the law
    The philosophy of law. Also, the science and study of the law.
  16. mens rea
    criminal intent
  17. penal code
    the legal code governing crimes and their punishment
  18. plaintiff
    a person who brings an action in a court of law
  19. procedural
    of or relating to processes
  20. statutory law
    the body of laws created by legislative statutes
  21. substantive
    having a firm basis in reality and therefore important
  22. tort
    a wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
    a wrongful act, damage or injury not involving a breach of contract.
  23. treason
    a crime that undermines the offender's government
  24. unambiguous
    having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning
  25. precedent
    an example that is used to justify similar occurrences
Created on 七月 6, 2010 (updated 七月 6, 2010)

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