Law, Criminal


 * a priori
 * ABA
 * abscond
 * abuse of process
 * accessory
 * accessory after the fact
 * accessory before the fact
 * accomplice
 * accusatory instrument
 * ACLU
 * acquiescence
 * acquit
 * action
 * ad damnum
 * additur
 * adjourn
 * Admiralty court
 * admissible evidence
 * affidavit
 * affimative action
 * against the weight of the evidence
 * age of consent
 * aggrieved party
 * aid and abet
 * alias
 * alibi
 * alienation of affections
 * amnesty
 * antitrust laws
 * appeal
 * appellant
 * appellate court
 * arbitration
 * arbitrator
 * arraign
 * arraignment
 * artifice
 * assault, aggravated
 * attachment
 * attorney general
 * attorney-client privilege
 * attractive nuisance
 * bail
 * bail bond
 * bailiff
 * bailment
 * bailsman
 * bait and switch
 * barrister
 * bench
 * bench warrant
 * Bill of Rights
 * blue law
 * bond
 * bondsman
 * burden of proof
 * bylaws
 * canon
 * capital offense
 * care
 * caveat
 * caveat emptor
 * chief justice
 * circumstantial evidence
 * civil action
 * civil penalties
 * class action
 * clean hands
 * clear and convincing
 * collusion
 * common law
 * common-law marriage
 * compounding a felony
 * conjecture
 * conspiracy
 * contempt of court
 * contumacy
 * corpus delecti
 * crime of passion
 * cross-examination
 * D.A.
 * damages
 * damages, double
 * damages, exemplary
 * damnum absque injuria
 * de minimis
 * decriminalization
 * defalcation
 * default judgment
 * defraud
 * degree of proof
 * deliberate
 * demonstrative evidence
 * deposition
 * desuetude
 * dictum
 * diminished capacity
 * disbar
 * district attorney
 * divestiture
 * docket
 * double jeopardy
 * embracery
 * entrapment
 * estoppel
 * executive privilege
 * exemplar
 * exigency
 * expungement of records
 * extenuating circumstances
 * extortion
 * facilitation
 * fairness doctrine
 * famosus libellus
 * felony
 * felony murder
 * fiduciary
 * first-degree murder
 * foreman
 * forensic
 * forensic medicine
 * fratricide
 * fraud
 * Freedom of Information Act
 * fresh pursuit
 * fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine
 * gag order
 * garnish
 * graft
 * grand jury
 * gratis
 * gross
 * habeas corpus
 * hearing
 * hearsay rule
 * homicide
 * hostile witness
 * hung jury
 * ignorantia legis non excusat
 * immaterial
 * immunity
 * impaneling
 * impeach
 * implied consent
 * impound
 * in articulo mortis
 * in camera
 * in invitum
 * indictment
 * inferior court
 * injunction
 * injuria non excusat injuriam
 * inquest
 * interrogation
 * J.P.
 * journalist's privilege
 * jump bail
 * jural
 * jurisprudence
 * jury of the vicinage
 * justice
 * laches
 * larceny
 * leading question
 * libel
 * lien
 * litigants
 * litigation
 * loan sharking
 * majority, age of
 * malfeasance
 * malice
 * malice aforethought
 * malicious arrest
 * malicious prosecution
 * malum in se
 * malum prohibitum
 * mandate
 * manslaughter
 * manslaughter, involuntary
 * manslaughter, voluntary
 * material
 * material witness
 * matricide
 * mediation
 * medical examiner
 * mens rea
 * Miranda rule
 * miscarriage of justice
 * misdemeanors
 * misfeasance
 * misjoinder
 * mistrial
 * mitigating circumstances
 * modus operandi
 * moot court
 * moral certainty
 * moral turpitude
 * motion
 * negative pregnant
 * negligence
 * negligence, criminal
 * nemo est supra legis
 * non compos mentis
 * non vult contendere
 * nuisance
 * pain and suffering
 * palimony
 * pander
 * panderer
 * paralegal
 * paternity suit
 * patricide
 * penal
 * penal code
 * perjury
 * petit jury
 * physician-patient privilege
 * plaintiff
 * plea bargaining
 * plead
 * polling the jury
 * polygraph
 * postmortem
 * power of attorney
 * precedent
 * prejudice
 * premeditation
 * presentment
 * presumption
 * presumption of innocence
 * priest-penitent privilege
 * pro bono publico
 * probable cause
 * prosecution
 * prosecutor
 * prurient interest
 * psychotherapist-patient privilege
 * public defender
 * puffing
 * purloin
 * quid pro quo
 * racketeering
 * raised check
 * real evidence
 * reasonable doubt
 * rebuttal evidence
 * recidivist
 * recusal
 * rejoinder
 * remittitur
 * replication
 * rescue doctrine
 * respondeat superior
 * restraining order
 * retainer
 * retreat, duty to
 * scienter
 * scintilla
 * search warrant
 * second-degree murder
 * service
 * sham pleading
 * sheriff's sale
 * shield laws
 * show-up
 * sidebar
 * slander
 * standing mute
 * statute of limitation
 * statutory rape
 * stay
 * stay of execution
 * strict liability
 * subornation of perjury
 * subpoena
 * subrogation
 * suit
 * suitor
 * summation
 * summons
 * sunshine laws
 * superior court
 * suppression of evidence
 * supreme court
 * Supreme Court
 * surety
 * surety bond
 * tacit
 * tainted evidence
 * taking the Fifth
 * testify
 * testimony
 * tort
 * tortfeasor
 * transcript
 * trial, bench
 * unclean hands
 * usury
 * verdict, false
 * vicarious liability
 * vice crimes
 * vicinage
 * vis major
 * voice exemplar
 * voir dire examination
 * volenti non fit injuria
 * wanton
 * warrant
 * writ
 * writ of execution