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TERMINOLOGIES Flashcards

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This refers to a child who has no proper parental care or guardianship, or whose parents deserted him for a period of at least six (6) continuous months.

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Abandoned child

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This refers to the pardon given without any condition attached.

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Absolute pardon

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This refers to a crime committed by a public officer or employee who has legally procured a search warrant but he exceeds the authority of the search warrant or he uses unnecessary severity in executing the same.

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Abuse in the Authority of Search Warrants Legally Obtained

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This refers to the person charged with a criminal case before the court.

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Accused

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This refers to the indirect acknowledgement of guilt.

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Admission

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This refers to an averment that a person was at another place for such a period of time that it was impossible for him to have been at the place where the act was committed at the time of its commission.

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Alibi

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This refers to any process or procedure used to resolve a dispute or controversy, other than by adjudication of a presiding judge of a court or an officer of a government agency, in which a neutral third party participates to assist in the resolution of issues, which includes arbitration, mediation, conciliation, early neutral evaluation, mini - trial, or any combination thereof.

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Alternative Dispute Resolution System

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8
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This refers to an act of sovereign power granting oblivion or general pardon for a past offense usually granted in favor of certain classes of persons who have committed crimes of a political character, such as treason, sedition, and rebellion.

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Amnesty

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This refers to a resort to a superior court to review the decision of an inferior court or administrative agency. This may also refer to the proceeding for review by which the whole case is elevated to a higher court for review and final adjudication.

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Appeal

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10
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This refers to the party who takes an appeal from one court to another.

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Appellant

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This refers to the power and authority to hear, try and decide cases previously heard by a lower court, body, or tribunal.

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Appellate jurisdiction

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This refers to the party against whom the appeal is taken.

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Appellee

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This refers to the crime committed by a public officer or employee who detains a person without legal ground.

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Arbitrary Detention

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This refers to the process of resolving a dispute or a grievance outside of court system by presenting it to a third person or panel for decision.

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Arbitration

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This refers to the stage made in 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 asking him whether he pleads guilty or not guilty.

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Arraignment

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This refers to the act of the taking of a person into custody in order that he may be bound to commission of an offense.

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Arrest

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This refers to a security given for the release of a person in custody of law, furnished by him or a bondsman, to guarantee his appearance before any court as required under the conditions specified by law.

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Bail

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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 the people may be expressed, crystallized, and considered, and where disputes may be amicably settled.

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Barangay

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This refers to an offense which, under the law existing at the time of its commission and of the application for admission to bail, may be punished with death.

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Capital offense

20
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This refers to the death penalty.

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Capital penalty

21
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This refers to a person below eighteen years of age.

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Child

22
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This refers to a child who is alleged as, accused of, or adjudged as having committed an offense under Philippine laws.

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Child in Conflict
with the Law

23
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This refers to the religious society founded and established by Jesus Christ to receive, preserve, and propagate His doctrines and ordinances.

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Church

24
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This refers to the instances when private persons may conduct arrest. This is also known as Warrantless Arrests.

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Citizen’s Arrests

25
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This refers to those sentenced to a prison term of one (1) day to three (3) years.

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City prisoners

26
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This refers to the power and authority to hear cases not criminal in nature.

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Civil jurisdiction

27
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This refers to the group or groups of persons to whom a certain law is applicable.

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Classification

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This refers to a group of persons living in a particular
place.

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Community

29
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This refers to correctional treatments imposed upon an I offender instead of placing him in jails or prisons. It includes parole, probation, pardon, etc.
This may also refer to the programs provided in a community setting developed for purposes of intervention and diversion, as well as rehabilitation of the child in conflict with the law, for reintegration into his/her family and/or community.

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Community- based-treatment.

30
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Refers to an act of the President reducing the penalty of a convict.

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Commutation

31
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This refers to the victim in an administrative case.

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Complainant

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This refers to a sworn written statement charging a person with an offense, subscribed by the offended party, any peace officer, or other public officer charged with the enforcement of the law violated.

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Complaint

33
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This refers to the power and authority to hear, try and decide cases that may be brought to two or more courts, body, or tribunal.

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Concurrent jurisdiction

34
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This refers to one to which a condition is annexed, performance of which is necessary to its validity.

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Conditional pardon

35
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This refers to the direct acknowledgment of guilt.

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Confession

36
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This refers to the act of voluntarily waiving the right against unreasonable search and seizure.

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Consented search

37
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This refers to the rule which provides that the trial once commenced shall continue from day to day as far as practicable until terminated.

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Continuous Trial Rule

38
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This refers to the pillar of the Criminal Justice System which is in charge with reforming and rehabilitating offenders and preventing them from returning to criminal life.

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Correction

39
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This refers to an act or omission punishable by law, forbidding or commanding it.

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Crime

40
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This refers to a person convicted of a crime by a final judgment.

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Criminal

41
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This refers to the machinery which the society uses in the prevention and control of crime. This may also refer to the totality of the activities of law enforcement, prosecution, correction, court, community in crime prevention and control.

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Criminal Justice System

42
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This refers to a body to which the public administration of justice is delegated, being a tribunal officially assembled under authority of law at the appropriate time and place for the administration of justice through which the State enforces its sovereign rights and powers. It is an entity or body in which a portion of judicial power is vested.

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Court

43
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This refers to the power and authority to hear cases which are criminal in nature.

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Criminal Jurisdiction

44
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This refers to any questioning initiated by law enforcement officers after a person has been taken into custody of otherwise deprived of his freedom of action in any significant way.

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Custodial Investigation

45
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This refers to the person charged with a civil case.

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Defendant

46
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This refers to a child without a parent, guardian or custodian; or one whose parents, guardian or other custodian for good cause desires to be relieved of his care and custody; and is dependent upon the public for support.

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Dependent child

47
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This refers to the crime committed by the public officer or employee who shall detain any person for some legal ground and shall fail to deliver such person to the proper judicial authorities within the following period:

12 hours for crimes punishable by light penalties;
18 hours for crimes punishable by correctional penalties; and
36 hours for crimes punishable by afflictive or capital penalties.

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Delay in the Delivery of Arrested Persons to the Proper Judicial Authority

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