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A trial that is incomplete and for some reason or other is terminated before a verdict is reached.

These are the citizen’s of a foreign countries that your own country is at peace with and not at war with.

Any action or words that are deceptive and are used to conceal the truth.

This person is the chief administrative officer of the Army.

designates the heirs to his estate.

the term used when a court ends before the case is settled and the case may be automatically bound over to next session or term of the court. Known as automatic continuance.

This an arrest that is carried out by a peace officer or a private citizen where there is certainty or absolute certainty that a particular crime has been committed.

Latin. the court order that commands a person against whom it has been issued to do something one else show why he should not be forced to do so. See mandamus.

a previously contracted debt and one that was once binding but has since become unenforceable.

This term applies to any trick or a cunning device that is used.

the person who stirs up or incites a situation, especially a situation that is of discontent.

Damages that are added on to the amount that is actually due or damages that are added as a punishment for the defendant. Added damages is sometimes called smart money.

These are any modifications made to the Constitution of the United States of America that must be ratified first by three quarters of the states for it to become an amendment and

Latin. The clause in a plaintiff’s suit that states the amount of damages that are being claimed.

The action of buying or gaining the possession of property.

the signed and written consent that is given to the anaesthetist that allows him to render anaesthetic given by the patient, spouse, parent or guardian.

This term is used to describe an attack that causes bodily injury that is accompanied by the intention of committing a robbery.

Latin phrase for a criminal act.

This term applies to psychiatrists. In all legal matters, an alienist is often called upon to testify to the defendant’s mental condition.

a voluntary and non-profit organisation that helps to maintain the citizen’s civil rights who have been threatened or may be threatened.