601 L.22 Flashcards
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Amicus curiae
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Noun: a friend of the court; a lawyer or anyone who advises the court
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Arson
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Noun: crime of setting fire to property
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Barrister
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Noun: Lawyer In England
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Embezzle
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Verb: to steal money that was entrusted to your care
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Extradition
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Noun: from one place to another - turning over a fugitive
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habeas corpus
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Noun: Procedure that lawyers use to get clients out of illegal detention
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Immaterial
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Adj: unimportant
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incarcerate
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Verb: to jail
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Indeterminate
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Adj: indefinite
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Larceny
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Noun: theft
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Litigious
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Adj: someone who likes to argue
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Miscreant
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Noun:villain; criminal- evil person
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perpetrator
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Noun: a person who breaks a law
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plagiarism
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Noun: passing off someone else’s writing or ideas as your own
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Probation
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Noun: Certain amount of time or sentence someone gets
