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15 Cards in this Set
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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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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 building and plants to do something illegal inside that person is committing
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embezzlement
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stealing money that has been entrusted yto your care
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treason
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is the betrayal of one county 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 want from the govnment or socierty
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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 a legal paper issued by a court giving police permission to make an arrest seizure or search
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bail
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is money that a defendant gives the court as a kind of promise that he or she will return for the trail
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indictment
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a formal charge aginst the accused or refuse to indictm
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arraignment
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a corut hearing in which the defendant is formally charges with a crime and enterw a plea of guilty not guilty or no contest
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plea bargraining
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agreeing to plead guilty in exchange for a lesser chager or a lighter sentence
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parole
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letting an inmate go free to serve the rest of his or he sentence outside of prison
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delinquent
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a juvenile who is found guilty of a crime
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status offender
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a youth who is found guilty of one of these acts
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