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FOUND INNOCENT

a phrase that means a person has been acquitted of an accusation.

FRIENDLY WITNESS

the witness who is called to the court by one party to give testimony in favour to that party.

FEIGNED ACCOMPLICE

a person who joins in a crime in order to apprehend the people doing the crime. He is undercover.

FINGERPRINTS

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

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

This abbreviated to the FBI and is a bureau dealing with the investigation into maintaining and dealing with internal security of the USA.

FOREMAN OF THE JURY

This person is a jury member who has been designated to be the juries spokesperson.

FALSE STATEMENT

a statement that is a deceitful and untrue statement that is made for ulterior motives.

F OB

an abbreviation of free on board where the seller delivers goods at his own risk and expenses.

FREE LOVE

a term from the 1960’s meaning to cohabit and have a sexual relationship without being married to each other.

FAMILIARITY

This term applies to knowing a person through frequent contact and does not apply an intimacy.

FIREBUG

This term is given to a person sets fires deliberately, a pyromaniac and the committer of arson.

FINANCIAL WORTH

This term applies to the net value of a person’s assets and property after his liabilities and debts have been taken away.

FORMS OF ACTION

These are the name given to the various kinds of suits that are brought to common law.

FAIR AND IMPARTIAL TRIAL

a trial where the rights of the defendant is safeguarded by an impartial judge and jury deciding the matter.

FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS

These are the additional instructions that are given to the jury by a judge after they have begun deliberating a case.

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