Chapter 2: 1-24 vocab

Question 1

Actus Reus

Answer 1

A guilty, measurable act including planning and conspiring; mental state

Question 2

American Creed

Answer 2

The belief in individual freedom

Question 3

Asset Forfeiture

Answer 3

The intent of the legislature was that asset forfeiture be remedial in nature and not a form of punishment

Question 4

Authority

Answer 4

The ability to get others to do what you want without rewards and punishments

Question 5

Bail

Answer 5

It is where a person is released after arrest and can remain at liberty until the next stage of the case

Question 6

Bill of Rights

Answer 6

The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution

Question 7

Case Law

Answer 7

The collection of pass legal decisions written by courts and similar tribunals in the course of deciding cases

Question 8

Civil Law

Answer 8

The system of law concerned with private relations between members of a community rather than criminal, military, or religious affairs

Question 9

Civil Liberties

Answer 9

The state being subject only to laws established for the good the community

Question 10

Civil Rights

Answer 10

Claims that citizens have the affirmative assistance of government

Question 11

Code of Silence

Answer 11

Enough to justify a civil rights claim against a municipality

Question 12

Common Law

Answer 12

The customary law set judges as disputes arose (England); law in force prior to and independent of legislation

Question 13

Constitution

Answer 13

System of fundamental laws and principles that prescribes nature, functions and limits of a government or other body, the written instrument defining power, limitations and functions of the U.S. government and each state; basic instrument of government and Supreme law of the U.S

Question 14

Constitution Law

Answer 14

Statues based on the federal or state constitutions

Question 15

Corpus Delicti

Answer 15

The body of the crime itself- the distinctive elements that must exist for a particular crime to be proven

Question 16

Crime

Answer 16

All behaviors and acts for which a society provides formally sanctioned punishments

Question 17

Criminal Intent

Answer 17

Guilty mindset

Question 18

Criminal Law

Answer 18

includes rules and procedures for investigating crimes and prosecuting criminals, regulations governing the constitution of courts and the conduct of trails and the administration of penal institution.

Question 19

Custodial Interrogation

Answer 19

interrogation completed when a suspect connected to a crime is in custody

Question 20

Double Jeopardy

Answer 20

being prosecuted twice for the same crime

Question 21

Due process of Law

Answer 21

embodies the fundamental ideas of American Justice, expressed in the fifth and fourteenth amendments

Question 22

Ecclesiastical Law

Answer 22

law of church

Question 23

Elements of crime

Answer 23

the distinctive acts making up a specific crime; corpus delicti

Question 24

Equal Protection

Answer 24

prohibits laws that are unreasonable and unfair, favors groups over others or discriminate against person