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Criminal Law

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  1. secular
    someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
  2. regime
    the governing authority of a political unit
  3. statutory
    relating to or created by regulations
  4. provision
    the activity of supplying something
  5. codified
    enacted by a legislative body
  6. municipal
    relating to a self-governing district
  7. boisterous
    marked by exuberance and high spirits
  8. libel
    a false and malicious publication
  9. appellate
    relating to challenges to a legal decision
  10. imperil
    pose a threat to; present a danger to
  11. magistrate
    a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law
  12. parlance
    a manner of speaking natural to a language's native speakers
  13. furtherance
    encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something
  14. rival
    the contestant you hope to defeat
  15. disintegrate
    break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
  16. requisite
    necessary for relief or supply
  17. belligerent
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  18. euthanasia
    the act of killing someone painlessly
  19. vendetta
    a blood feud between members of opposing parties
  20. conflagration
    a very intense and uncontrolled fire
  21. repel
    force or drive back
  22. inviolable
    incapable of being transgressed or dishonored
  23. duress
    compulsory force or threat
  24. coercion
    using force to cause something to occur
  25. dictum
    an authoritative declaration
  26. altered
    changed in form or character without becoming something else
  27. exonerate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  28. aphrodisiac
    a drug or other agent that stimulates sexual desire
  29. vindication
    the act of defending against criticism or censure
  30. reluctant
    not eager
  31. estoppel
    a rule blocking someone from denying their past actions or claims in court
  32. arbitrary
    based on or subject to individual discretion or preference
  33. acquittal
    a judgment of not guilty
  34. insidious
    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
  35. substantive
    having a firm basis in reality and therefore important
  36. procedural
    of or relating to processes
  37. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  38. criminal
    someone who has committed a punishable act
  39. procedural
    of or relating to processes
  40. felony
    a serious crime, such as murder or arson
  41. misconduct
    activity that transgresses moral or civil law
  42. justice
    the quality of being fair, reasonable, or impartial
  43. insanity
    relatively permanent disorder of the mind
  44. alibi
    proof that someone accused of a crime could not have done it
  45. conviction
    an unshakable belief in something without need for proof
  46. statutory
    relating to or created by regulations
Created on 七月 14, 2010

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