Chapter 14
Terms
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- Arraignment
- pre-trial court appearance during which an accused person answers formal charges made against him or her with a plea of guilty or not guilty.
- Compensation
- payment to make up for a loss, injury, and the like.
- Contract
- agreement between two or more parties, written or oral, that can be enforced by law.
- Defendant
- person being sued or accused of a crime.
- Delinquent
- having failed to do what the law requires, according to a judicial ruling.
- domestic-realations laws
- laws regulating disagreements among family members.
- equity
- justice under the law that is influenced by fairness.
- evidence
- something that provides or tends to provide proof.
- grand jury
- group of citizens who decide if there is enough evidence of a crime to send the accused to trial.
- indictment
- formal accusation that leads to a trial
- juvenile
- individual who is under an age set by law (usually 18 years) at which he or she can be charged as an adult for a criminal act.
- parole
- release from prison or jail before the full term is up on condition of lawful behavior and with the requirement of regular reporting to an officer of the court.
- plaintiff
- person who files a legal action or claim
- plea bargin
- agreement in which a defendant pleads guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor, in return, drops more serious charges.
- pleading
- formal, written statement explaining the cause of action or the defense in a legal case.
- probation
- act of suspending the sentence of a criminal offender and giving him or her freedom under the supervision of an officer of the law.
- rehabilitate
- restore to a useful life, usually through treatment and education.
- remedy
- solution to the harm caused by the accused person. It is a legal order made by the court to make up for a wrong and may be money (compensation) or an order to do something (equity)
- restitution
- act of making up in some way for the harm caused by the accused person.
- tort
- damage, injury, or wrongful act caused to one person, other than breaking a contract, for which a civil lawsuit can be filed.
- warrant
- written authority to make an arrest or conduct a search.