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    The document defines legal terms related to the criminal justice process. It provides definitions for terms like arraignment, charge, accessory, accomplice, accused, acquittal, admissible evidence, admission, aggravated assault, and dismissal. The definitions cover various stages of the criminal process from initial charges through trial.

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    The document defines legal terms related to the criminal justice process. It provides definitions for terms like arraignment, charge, accessory, accomplice, accused, acquittal, admissible evidence, admission, aggravated assault, and dismissal. The definitions cover various stages of the criminal process from initial charges through trial.

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    Terms & Definitions Arraignment Charge

    A formal accusation or
    Accessory The appearance of the indictment filed by the
    Someone who intentionally defendant prosecutor’s office
    helps another person
    commit a felony Assault Circumstantial Evidence
    Threat to inflict injury All evidence except
    Accomplice eyewitness testimony
    Someone who helps Bail / Bond
    The money or property
    another person (known as Coercion
    given to the court as The use of physical force
    the principal) commit a
    security or threats
    crime
    Bench Trial Concurrent Sentence
    Accused
    Trial without a jury in which Sentences for different
    A person or persons
    a judge decides the facts offenses (crimes)
    formally charged but not
    yet tried for a crime Bench Warrant Cross-Examination
    An order issued by a judge The questioning of a
    Acquittal
    for the arrest of a person witness produced by the
    A legal judgment, based
    on the decision to either a Best Evidence Rule other side
    jury or a judge A rule of evidence that
    Custody
    demands that the original Detaining of a person by
    Admissible Evidence
    of any document lawful process
    The evidence that a trial
    judge or jury may consider, Beyond a Reasonable Declaration under
    because the rules of Doubt Penalty of Perjury
    evidence deem it reliable The burden of proof that A signed statement, sworn
    the prosecution must carry to be true by the signer,
    Admission
    in a criminal trial that will make the signer
    Confession of a charge, an
    error, or a crime; Booking guilty of the crime
    acknowledgment. Part of the process of
    Deferred Sentence
    being arrested Postponement or delay of
    Aggravated Assault
    An attempt to cause Brief a sentence to a future date
    serious bodily injury to A written argument by
    Disclosure
    another or purposely counsel arguing a case The making known of a
    Aggravated Battery Cause of Action fact that had previously
    The unlawful use of force One or more related been hidden
    against another charges combined and
    Discovery
    made against a defendant
    Allegation The pre-trial devices that
    for wrongs committed.
    A claim or statement of can be used by one party
    what a party intends to Change of Venue to obtain facts
    prove A change in the location of
    a trial
    Appeal
    A request made by the
    defense
    Dismissal
    The termination of formal
    charges
    Due Process of Law
    Procedures followed by
    law enforcement and
    courts to ensure the
    protection
    Embezzlement
    The fraudulent
    appropriation by a person
    to his own
    Exhibit
    A document or other item
    introduced as evidence
    during a trial or hearing.

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