REVIEWER Flashcards
THIS REFERS TO A CHILD WHO HAS NO PROPER PARENTAL CARE OR WHOSE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS HAVE DESERTED HIM FOR A PERIOD OF ATLEAST SI CONTINUOUS MONTHS
ABANDONED CHILD
THIS REFERS TO A PARDON GIVEN WITHOUT ANY CONDITIONS ATTACHED
ABSOLUTE PARDON
THIS REFERS TO A CRIME COMMITED BY A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE WHO HAS LEGALLY PROCURED A SEARCH WARRANT BUT HE EXCEEDS THE AUTHORITY OF THE SEARCH WARRANT OR USES UNECESSARY SEVERITY IN EXECUTING THE SAME.
ABUSE IN THE AUTHORITY OF SEARCH WARRANTS LEGALLY OBTAINED
THIS REFERS TO A PERSON CHARGED WITH A CRIMINAL CASE BEFORE THE COURT
ACCUSED
THIS REFERS TO INDIRECT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF GUILT
ADMISSION
THIS REFERS TO AN AVERMENT THAT A PERSON WAS AT ANOTHER PLACE FOR SUCH PERIOD OF TIMETHAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO HAVE BEEN AT THE PLACE WHERE THE ACT WAS COMMITTED AT THE TIME OF ITS COMMISION
ALIBI
THIS REFERS TO ANY PROCESS OR PROCEDURE USED TO RESOLVE A DISPUTE OR CONTROVERSY, OTHER THAN BY AJUDICATION OF PRESIDING JUDGE OF A COURT OR AN OFFICER OF A GOVERMENT AGENCY, IN WHICH A NEUTRAL THIRD PARTY PARTICIPATES TO ASSIST IN THE RESOLUTION OF ISSUES, WHICH INCLUDES ARBITRATION, MEDIATION, EARLY NEUTRAL EVALUATION, MINI-TRIAL, OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF.
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION SYSTEM
THIS REFERS TO AN ACT SOVEREIGN POWER GRANTING OBLIVION OR GENERAL PARDON FOR A PAST OFFENSE USUALLY GRANTED IN FAVOR OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF PERSONS WHO HAVE COMMITED CRIMES OF A POLITICAL CHARACTER, SUCH AS TREASON, SEDITION, AND REBELION.
AMNESTY
THIS REFERS TO A RESORT TO A SUPERIOR COURT TO REVIEW THE DECSION OF AN INFERIOR COURT OR ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY.
THIS MAY ALSO REFERS TO THE PROCEEDING FOR REVIEW BY WHICH THE WHOLE CASE IS ELEVATED TO A HIGHER COURT FOR REVIEW AND FINAL ADJUDICATION.
APPEAL
THIS REFERS TO A PARTY WHO TAKES AN APPEAL FROM ONE COURT TO ANOTHER
APPELLANT
THIS REFERS TO THE POWER AND AUTHORITY TO HEAR, TRY AND DECIDE CASES PREVIOUSLY HEARD TO A LOWER COURT, BODY, OR TRIBUNAL.
APPELLATE JURISDICTION
THIS REFERS TO A PARTY WHOM THE APPEAL IS TAKEN
APPELLEE
THIS REFERS TO A CRIME COMMITTED BY A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE WHO DETAINS A PERSON WITHOUT LEGAL GROUND
ARBITRARY DETENTION
THIS REFERS TO A PROCESS OF RESOLVING A DISPUTE OR GRIEVANCE OUTSIDE OF COURT SYSTEM BY PRESENTING IT TO A THIRD PERSON OR PANEL FOR DECISION.
ARBITRATION
THIS REFERS TO A STAGE MADE IN AN OPEN COURT BY THE JUDGE OR CLERK FURNISHING THE ACCUSED OF THE COPY OF THE COMPLAINT OR INFORMATION, READING THE SAME IN A LANGUAGE OR DIALECT KNOWN TO HIM, AND ASK HIIM WHETHER HE PLEADS GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY.
ARRAIGNMENT
THIS REFERS TO THE ACT OF TAKING OF A PERSON INTO CUSTODY IN ORDER THAT HE MAY BE BOUND TO ANSWER FOR THE COMMISION OF AN OFFENSE.
ARREST
THIS REFERS TO A SECURITY GIVEN FOR THE RELEASE OF A PERSON IN CUSTODY OF LAW, FURNISHED BY HIM OR BONDSMAN, TO GUARANTEE HIS APPEARANCE BEFORE ANY COURT AS REQUIRED UNDER THE CONDITIONS SPECIFIED BY LAW.
BAIL
THIS REFERS TO THE BASIC POLITICAL UNIT, SERVES AS THE PRIMARY PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING UNIT OF GOVERNMENT POLICIES, PLANS, PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVITIES IN THE COMMUNITY, AND AS A FORUM WHEREIN THE COLLECTIVE VIEWS OF PEOPLE MAY BE EXPRESSED, CRYSTALIZED, AND CONSIDERED, AND WHERE DISPUTES MAY BE AMICABLY SETTLED.
BARANGAY
THIS REFERS TO AN OFFENSE WHICH, UNDER THE LAW EXISTING AT THE TIME OF ITS COMMISION AND THE APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO BAIL, MAY BE PUNISHED WITH DEATH.
CAPITAL OFFENSE
THIS REFERS TO DEATH PENALTY
CAPITAL PENALTY
THIS REFERS TO A PERSON BELOW EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE
CHILD
THIS REFERS TO CHILD WHO IS ALLEGED AS, ACCUSED OF, OR ADJUDGED AS, HAVING COMMITED AN OFFENSE UNDER PHILIPPINE LAWS
CHILD IN CONFLICT WITH THE LAW
THIS REFERS TO THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY FOUNDED AND ESTABLISHED BY JESUS CHRIST TO RECIEVE, PRESERVE, AND PROPAGATE HIS DOCTRINES AND ORDINANCES.
CHURCH
THIS REFERS TO INSTANCES WHEN A PRIVATE PERSON MAY CONDUCT ARREST. THIS IS ALSO KNOWN AS “WARRANTLESS ARREST.”
CITIZEN’S ARREST