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  1. mens rea
    criminal intent
  2. actus reus
    activity that transgresses moral or civil law
  3. concurrence
    the property of two things happening at the same time
  4. offense
    a failure to show regard for others
  5. espionage
    the systematic use of spies to obtain secrets
  6. treason
    a crime that undermines the offender's government
  7. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  8. corpus delicti
    the body of evidence that constitute the offence
  9. alibi
    proof that someone accused of a crime could not have done it
Created on 七月 13, 2011 (updated 八月 1, 2011)

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