| A | B |
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| Criminal Law | Group of laws that tell which acts are crimes, how accused person's should be tried in court and how crimes should be punished |
| Crime | Violation of Penal Code |
| Penal Code | List of Crimes |
| Felony | Serious Crime (over 1 year in jail) |
| Misdemeanor | Less serious crime (up to 1 year in jail) |
| Prosecutor | Government representative in a criminal case |
| Defendant (criminal) | Person charged with a crime |
| Indict | Formally accused of a crime |
| Arraignment | Court hearing in which defendant if formally charged with a crime and enters a plea of guilty or not guilty |
| Verdict | Guilty or Not Guilty |
| Acquittal | Found not Guilty |
| Civil Law | Group of laws that help settle disputes between people |
| Lawsuit | Cases in which court is asked to settle disputes |
| Plantiff | Individual or group of people who bring a complaint against another party in a civil case |
| Defendent (civil) | Party who answers a complaint |
