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| Antitrust laws | laws that prohibit competing companies from price fixing or dividing up sales regions |
| Arraignment | court proceeding during which the formal charges in the information or the indictment are read |
| Arson | willful and illegal burning of a building |
| Bail | a sum of money or property deposited or pledged to guarantee that the arrested person will appear for a preliminary hearing or trial |
| Bribery | offering or giving something of value to improperly effect performance of another party |
| Burglary | entering a building without permission when intending to commit a crime |
| Conspiracy | agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime |
| Contempt of court | action that hinders the administration of justice in court |
| Crime | punishable offense against society |
| Criminal act | specific conduct that violates a criminal statute |
| Criminal insanity | defense based on the accused's inability to know right from wrong |
| Criminal intent | intent to commit an evil act in violation of a statute |
| Defense | at criminal law, a legal position that allows the defendant to escape criminal liability |
| Embezzlement | taking of another's property or money by a person to whom it has been entrusted |
| Extortion | improperly obtaining money or other things of value by use of force, fear, or the power of office |
| False pretenses | obtaining property by lying about a past or existing fact |
| Felony | crime punishable by more than one year in jail, a fi ne of more than $1,000, or both |
| Immunity | freedom from prosecution for a crime |
| Indictment | a written accusation which declares that there is sufficient evidence to try the identified individual for a specified crime |
| Infraction | minor misdemeanor |
| Larceny | wrongful taking of another's property with the intent to deny them possession |
| Misdemeanor | crime punishable by up to one year in jail, a fine of less than $1,000, or both |
| Perjury | crime of lying under oath |
| Plea bargaining | agreement with prosecutor allowing defendant to plead guilty to a lesser crime than the more serious one he or she likely would be charged with |
| Preliminary hearing | court proceeding at which the evidence against the defendant will be presented to the court so it may determine whether there is sufficient cause to hold him or her for trial |
| Probable cause | a reasonable ground for belief |
| Punishment | penalty provided by law and imposed by a court |
| Receiving stolen property | receiving or buying property known to be stolen from another so as to deny the rightful owner of possession |
| Robbery | wrongful taking of another's property from his or her person or presence by threat of force of violence |
| Self-defense | use of force that appears reasonably necessary for the self-protection of an intended victim |
| Substantive defense | defense that disproves, justifies, or otherwise excuses the alleged crime |
| Vicarious criminal liability | substituted criminal liability |
| Vicarious liability | legal doctrine by which one party is held liable for the torts of another |
| Voir dire | preliminary exam of the potential jurors to determine their ability to judge ably and impartially the matter to be placed before them |
| White-collar crime | crime typically committed in the workplace that does not involve violence or force nor does it cause injury to people or physical damage to property |
| Impartiality | Idea that the same ethical standards apply to everyone |
