Elps Ch 20 Vocab

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Assault

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is placing someone in fear without actual physical contact.

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Battery

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If physical contact occurs, as with a weapon or a foot

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burglary

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when a person breaks into a buildg and plans to do something illegal inside, that person

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Embezzlement

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stealing money that has been entrusted to your care

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Treason

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is the betrayal of one's country by helping its enemies or by making war against it.

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Terrorism

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is a crime in which people or groups of people use, or say they will use violence in order to get what they want from the governmet or society

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probable cause

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a good reason to believe that a suspect has been involved in a crime

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warrant

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is alegal paper, issued by a cout, giving police permission to make an arrest , seizure, or search

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Bail

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is money that adefendant gives the court as kind of promise that he or she will return for the trial

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indictment

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a formal charge against the accused-or reuse to indict

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arraignment

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a cout hearing in which the defendant is formally charged with a crime and enters a plea of guilty, not guilty, or no contest

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plea bargaining

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agreeing to plead guilt in exchange for a lesser charge or a lighter sentence

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parrole

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letting an inmate go free to serve the rest of his her sentence outside of prison

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delinquent

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a juvenile who is fond guilty of a a crime

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status offender

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a youth who is found guilty of one of these act