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CRIMINAL DEFENSE GLOSSARY |
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Glossary of Criminal
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Capital Crime: A crime punishable by
death.
Capital offense: A crime punishable by
death.
Case law: The law as laid down in cases
that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
Charge: The criminal offense which is
contained in the indictment.
Chambers: A judge's office.
Charge to the jury: The judge's
instructions to the jury concerning the law that applies to the facts of the
case on trial.
Chief judge: The judge who has primary
responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief
judges are determined by seniority.
Circumstantial evidence: All evidence
except eyewitness testimony.
Clerk of court: An officer appointed by
the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration,
especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to
maintain court records.
Common law: The legal system that
originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on
judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
Complaint: A written statement by the
plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant. commit - To
send a person to prison, asylum, or reformatory by a court order.
Contract: An agreement between two or more
persons that creates an obligation to do or not to do a particular thing.
Consecutive Sentences: Successive
sentences, one beginning at the aspiration of another, imposed against a person
convicted of two or more violations.
Counsel: Legal advice; a term used to
refer to lawyers in a case.
Court: Government entity authorized to
resolve legal disputes.
Court reporter: A person who makes a
record of what is said in court.
Conviction: A determination by a judge or
jury that the defendant is guilty of the alleged crime.
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