Law Enforcement Tech.
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- ABATE
- TO PUT AN END TO, DISCONTINUE
- ABDUCTION
- THE CRIME OF KIDNAPPING BY FORCE, FRAUD OR BY CRIMINAL PERSUASION
- ABET
- TO AID, ENCOURAGE, OR INCITE ANOTHER TO COMMIT A CRIMINAL OFFENSE
- ABSCOND
- TO LEAVE ONE'S USUAL RESIDENCE; TO CONCEAL ONESELF IN ORDER TO AVOID LEGAL PROCEEDINGS; TO DISAPPEAR, SOMETIMES WITH THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
- ACCESSORY
- ONE WHO, THOUGH NOT THE ACTUAL PERPETRATOR OF A FELONY, IS SOME WAY CONCERNED WITH THE COMMISSION OF IT
- ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT
- ONE WHO, HAVING FULL KNOWLEDGE THAT A FELONY HAS BEEN COMMITTED, HARBORS, ASSIST, OR PROTECTS THE PERSON SOUGHT FOR OR CONVICTED OF THE CRIME. IN SOME STATES SIMPLY KNOWN AS AN "ACCESSORY"
- ACCESSORY BEFORE THE FACT
- ONE WHO, BEING ABSENT AT THE TIME A FELONY IS COMMITTED, ASSIST, COUNSELS, ENCOURAGES, ENGAGES, OR COMMANDS ANOTHER TO COMMIT IT. IN SOME STATES KNOWN ONLY AS A PRINCIPAL.
- ACCOMPLICE
- ONE INVOLVED WITH OTHERS IN THE COMMISSION OF A CRIME
- ACCUSATION
- THE LEGAL CHARGE THAT A PERSON IS GUILTY OF A CRIMINAL OFFENSE, SUBJECT TO LATER ADJUDICATION.
- ACQUITAL
- THE DISMISSAL BY A JURY OR A JUDGE OF CRIMINAL CHARGES BROUGHT AGAINST AN ACCUSED PERSON, ABSOLVING HIM FROM FURTHER PROSECUTION FOR THE SAME OFFENSE
- ACT
- SOMETHING DONE OR ESTABLISHED; LAWS PASSED BY LEGISLATION
- ACTION
- A LAWSUIT; A PROCEEDING TAKEN IN A COURT OF LAW. MAY BE CIVIL OR CRIMINAL.
- ADJECTIVE LAW
- LEGAL RULES OR PROCEDURE OR PRACTICE; THE RULES ACCORDING TO WHICH THE SUBSTANTIVE LAW IS ADMINISTERED
- ADJUDICATION
- A JUDGEMENT OR DECISION, USUALLY BY A COURT
- ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
- THAT BRANCH OF THE LAW WHICH DETERMINES THE ORGANIZATION, POWERS, AND DUTIES OR ADMINISTRATION WHICH REVIEWS CASES ORIGINALLY TRIED OR DECIDED BY INFERIOR TRIBUNALS. THE APPELLATE COURT ACTS WITHOUT A JURY AND IS PRIMARILY INTERESTED IN CORRECTING ERRORS IN PROCEDURE OR INTERPRETATION OF LAW BY THE LOWER COURTS