A.G. Criminals Case 2/17/06
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- Bear Arms
- Amendment II. Own/ Possess weapons
- Quarter Troops
- III. House soldiers in private homes
- Search Warrant
- IV. A written document signed by a judge authorizing search of a speciic lace or arrest of an individual for a crime.
- Probable Clause
- Police must have a reasonable basis to believe the person or premises is linked to a crime
- Due Process of Law
- VII, V, VIII, VI, IV. The government must follow proper constitutional procedures in trials and in other actions it takes against individuals.
- Eminent Domain
- The power of the government to take private property needed for public use (Such as road, school, park etc..) The government must pay a fair price which protects the individual.
- Double Jeopardy
- V. tried twice for the same crime after an acquital (found not guilty)
- Self- Incrimination
- testify agianst oneself. V
- Just compensation
- V. fair payment
- Chang eof Venue
- a new trial location to assure fairness. VI
- Redress of Grievance
- To ask the government (petition the govenrment0 to correct a wrong.
- Civil Law
- this law concerns disputes among individuals (lawsuits) or between individuals and thee government
- Criminal Law
- law that defines crime; the government charges someone with a crime and prosecutes that person
- Property Law
- a type of civil law that deals with the use and ownership of property
- Real property
- land and anything attached or growing on it
- Personal Property
- includes movable things like clothes, jewelry, and also stocks, bonds etc.
- plaintiff
- a person who brings a case against another in a court of law
- Defendant
- an individual, company, or institiution sued or accused in a court of law
- Mediation
- intervene between people in a dispute in order to bring about an agreement or reconciliation
- Arbitration
- the use of an arbitrator( a person who is officially appointed to settle a dispute) to settle a dispute
- Grand Jury
- Group that hears charges against a suspect and decides whether there is sufficient evidence to bring the person to trial
- Preliminary Hearing
- Where the prosecuation presents its case to a judge
- Indictment
- Law. a formal charge or accuasation of a serioius crime
- Foreperson
- a person who presides over a jury and speaks on its behalf