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12 Cards in this Set
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Antitrust laws |
State that competing companies may not cooperate in fixing prices or in dividing sales region |
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Arson |
Willful and illegal burning of a building |
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Conspiracy |
Agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime |
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Crime |
Punishable offense against society |
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Defense |
Substituted criminal liability |
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Extortion |
Improperly obtaining money or other things of value by force, fear, or the power of office |
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False Pretenses |
Obtaining property by lying about the past or existing fact |
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Felony |
Crime punishable by either a fine or more than $1,000 or by confinement for more than one year in a state prison or by death |
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Forgery |
Falsely or materially altering a document to defraud another |
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Immunity |
Freedom from prosecution even when one has committed the crime charged |
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Procedural defense |
A criminal defense based on how the evidence was obtained or how the accused was arrested , questioned, or tried |
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Substantive defense |
Legal position that disproves, justifies, or otherwise excuses an alleged crime |