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Search warrant

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A legal document that gives authority to search your house or business for evidence

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Homicide

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Causing the death of another person

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Complainant

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The person making an accusation of discrimination

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Slander

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Saying something that makes someone look bad

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Probation

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Sentencing of minor crimes or first offences by allowing them to go but under supervision ( usually young offenders )

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Alibi

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A defence in which a person was somewhere other than the scene of the crime

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Summons

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An order for the accused to appear in court

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Jurisdiction

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If you have the power to make laws

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Perjury

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Telling lies in a courtroom on purpose

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Conciliation

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Solving disputes in a friendly way

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Reasonable grounds

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Enough to lead a reasonable person to believe someone committed a crime

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Assizes

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A trial held in different specific locations in its jurisdiction ( gypsy court )

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Extradition

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Sending a person to another country usually to stand trial

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Defamation

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Saying false things intended to hurt a persons reputation

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Entrapment

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The act of “tricking” someone into committing a crime/offence

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Tort

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Harm to a person or property

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Detention

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Keeping someone in custody

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Arrest

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Depriving someone of liberty so that they may faces criminal charge

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Bail

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Property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time

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Libel

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Written or recorded statement that damages a persons reputation

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Liability

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Legal responsibility from a wrongful action

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Appellant

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One who appeals a trials outcome to a higher court

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Sentence

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Sentence the judgement of a court after a criminal is convicted

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Parole

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Early release from prison with several conditions ( for more serious crimes and first offenders )

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