A letter words Flashcards

1
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Absconding

A

failure of someone surrendering to the court to avoid legal proceedings

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2
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Accomplice

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A party to a crime

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3
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Adjournment

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Postponement of hearings or sessions of a court

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4
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Admonition

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Reprimand from a judge for a defendant who has been discharged from the further prosecution of the court

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5
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Adverse possession

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occupation of land of somebody else with the intention of making it as one’s own

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6
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Affray- meaning and offence found in

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Using or threatening for unlawful violence, PUBLIC ORDERS ACT 1986

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7
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Aid

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Material assistance of a crime

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8
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Abet

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Lesser assistance of a crime

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9
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Amicus Curiae

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Friend of the court

person assisting the court who is a non party

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10
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Amnesty

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Erasing from legal memory an aspect of the crime of the offender. Used in political proceedings

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11
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Animus

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Intention

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12
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Animus manedi, Animus furandi

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intention to remain in one place, intention to steal

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13
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Antecedents

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History of an offence or bad character of an offender

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14
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Aut punier aut dedere

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International law concept, either punished by state of refuge or surrender to the state that has the authority to punish the person

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