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criminal law

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  1. attribute
    a quality belonging to or characteristic of an entity
  2. litigation
    a legal proceeding in a court
  3. incompetence
    lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications
  4. criterion
    the ideal in terms of which something can be judged
  5. juxtaposed
    placed side by side often for comparison
  6. malicious
    having the nature of threatening evil
  7. jargon
    technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
  8. duress
    compulsory force or threat
  9. circumscribed
    subject to restrictions or constraints
  10. coercion
    using force to cause something to occur
  11. wanton
    a lewd or immoral person
  12. negligent
    characterized by undue lack of attention or concern
  13. impose
    charge and collect payment
  14. principle
    a basic generalization that is accepted as true
  15. culpable
    deserving blame or censure as being wrong or injurious
  16. incur
    make oneself subject to
  17. notion
    a general inclusive concept
  18. vagrancy
    the state of wandering from place to place
  19. akin
    related by blood
  20. infraction
    a violation of a law or rule
  21. deliberation
    careful consideration
  22. sanction
    official permission or approval
  23. aggrieve
    cause to feel distress
  24. injunction
    a judicial remedy to prohibit a party from doing something
  25. contractual
    relating to or part of a binding legal agreement
  26. entity
    that which is perceived to have its own distinct existence
  27. libel
    a false and malicious publication
  28. contrast
    the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared
  29. philosophically
    in a philosophic manner
  30. monarch
    a nation's ruler usually by hereditary right
  31. typology
    classification according to general category or kind
  32. arbitrary
    based on or subject to individual discretion or preference
  33. boisterous
    marked by exuberance and high spirits
  34. tenet
    a basic principle or belief that is accepted as true
  35. adhere
    stick to firmly
  36. hence
    from that fact or reason or as a result
  37. unambiguous
    having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning
  38. statutory
    relating to or created by regulations
  39. induce
    cause to act in a specified manner
  40. proscribe
    command against
  41. secular
    someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
Created on 七月 11, 2011

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