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Number of Blossarys: 1
English (EN) Seize and take legal custody of (something, esp. a vehicle, goods, or documents) because of an infringement of a law or regulation.
Of, relating to, or denoting the application of scientific methods and techniques to the investigation of crime.
Theft or misappropriation of funds placed in one's trust or belonging to one's employer.
The compulsory disclosure, by a party to an action, of relevant documents referred to by the other party.
Keep (someone) in official custody, typically for questioning about a crime or in politically sensitive situations.
Declare (someone) to be guilty of a criminal offense by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law.
A closing argument, summation, or summing up is the concluding statement of each party's counsel (often called an attorney in the United States) reiterating the important arguments for the trier of fact, often the jury, in a court case.
Circumstantial evidence is evidence in which an inference is required to connect it to a conclusion of fact.
Arraignment is when someone is brought before a court of law to answer a particular charge.
The hearing and determination of a dispute by an impartial referee agreed to by both parties (often used to settle disputes between labor and management).
A legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial.
In law: A formal accusation or charge against somebody (often in a court of law).
The action, treated as a criminal offense, of demanding money from a person in return for not revealing compromising or injurious information about that person.
The release, prior to trial, of a person accused of a crime, under specified conditions designed to assure that person's appearance in court when required. Also can refer to the amount of bond money posted as a financial condition of pretrial release.
A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
