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Fender Bender

When two or more vehicles are involved in a low-impact collision with minimal damage.

FIRST-DEGREE MURDER

This term applies to the d deliberate and premeditated killing that goes with rape, burglary and assault.

FORMULA INSTRUCTION

the term used when a judge explains a law to the jury so they can consider a case with full knowledge.

FUGITIVE WITNESS

the name given to a person needed to testify in court but has run away and becomes a fugitive from justice.

FALSE ACTION

This term applies to suit that is brought on a fictitious or pretended right when a plaintiff knows there is no cause for a suit.

FOSTER PARENT

the term given to an adult who will rear another person’s child.

FEASIBLE

This terms that something is capable of being accomplished.

FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

a guarantee of the 1st and 14th amendment that gives people to the right to publish as they see fit.

FACE OF JUDGMENT

the term that is given to the amount of money that is granted by a judgement without any interest.

FINGERPRINTS

These are the marks that we all leave behind when we touch something. Each persons are distinct and will identify them.

FASCIST

This term applies to the person who believes in a totalitarian dictatorship and is an advocate of fascism.

FAIR ON ITS FACE

a tax deed that transfers the property ownership due to non-payment of taxes.

FEDERAL RESERVE

an agency of the US federal government that controls supply of money, credit structure and the general economy.

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