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25 Cards in this Set
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insanity
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unsoundness of mind
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perjury
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the giving of a willfully false statement under oath
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mens rea
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Latin term signifying a guilty mind or wrongful purpose or evil intent
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Miranda warning
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used by police officers to advise those arrested of their rightes before questioning is done
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mala prohibita
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deeds that are wrong beause they are prohibited by law
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counterfeit
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a thing made in imitation of a genuine article with intention to defraud
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Criminal Law
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deals with crimes against society or the State and defines and prohibits various deeds and establishes their punishments
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search warrant
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an order signed by a judge or a magistrate allowing the police to search someone or something
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modus operandi
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term that means method of operation
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Entrapment
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the inducement of an otherwise innocent person to commit a crime in order to have him or her punished
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Rule of M'Naughten
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under this rule, even though a person is insane from a medical viewpoint, if he is aware of his act and knows right from wrong, that person may not be deemed legally insane
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mala in se
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crimes that are bad or evil in themselves
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contra bonos mores
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Latin phrase meaning "against good morals"
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intent
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means a strong resolution to do or not do a certain thing, or determination of the mind
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crime
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a public wrong
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scienter
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defendants guilty knowledge
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felony
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any public offemnse upon conviction of which the offender may be sentenced to imprisonment in a penitentiary or to death in a capital-punishment state
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misdemeanor
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lesser crime than a felony
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bench warrant
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order issued by a judge or law court for the arrest of a person
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incommunicado
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cut off from means of communication
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Durham Rule
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holds that an accused is not criminally responsible if his act was the product of mental disease or defect
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sui juris
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a person posessing legal capacity to act for himself or herself
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warrant
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writ authorizing an officer to make an arrest, search, and or seizure of property
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compos mentis
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Latin phrase that means of sound mind
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Subornation
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the crim of procuring another to commit perjury
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