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Category: F

FIXING BAIL

the amount set that needs to be deposited before a suspect is released.

FIRST CONVICTION

the conviction taken into consideration when a habitual criminal is sentenced for a subsequent event.

FALSE SWEARING

This term applies when a n untrue statement is sworn to be a true statement.

FEDERAL PATENT

the granting of a right to make something that excludes all others from making the same thing.

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.

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