TERMINOLOGIES Flashcards
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.
Abandoned child
This refers to the pardon given without any condition attached.
Absolute pardon
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.
Abuse in the Authority of Search Warrants Legally Obtained
This refers to the person charged with a criminal case before the court.
Accused
This refers to the indirect acknowledgement of guilt.
Admission
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.
Alibi
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.
Alternative Dispute Resolution System
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.
Amnesty
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.
Appeal
This refers to the 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 by a lower court, body, or tribunal.
Appellate jurisdiction
This refers to the party against whom the appeal is taken.
Appellee
This refers to the crime committed by a public officer or employee who detains a person without legal ground.
Arbitrary Detention
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.
Arbitration
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.
Arraignment
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.
Arrest
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.
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 the people may be expressed, crystallized, 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 commission and of the application for admission to bail, may be punished with death.
Capital offense
This refers to the death penalty.
Capital penalty
This refers to a person below eighteen years of age.
Child
This refers to a child who is alleged as, accused of, or adjudged as having committed an offense under Philippine laws.
Child in Conflict
with the Law
This refers to the religious society founded and established by Jesus Christ to receive, preserve, and propagate His doctrines and ordinances.
Church
This refers to the instances when private persons may conduct arrest. This is also known as Warrantless Arrests.
Citizen’s Arrests
