HUSBAND-WIFE PRIVILEGE
the principle where a husband and a wife can’t reveal any communications that passed between them to a third party.
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the principle where a husband and a wife can’t reveal any communications that passed between them to a third party.
the term given to house of correction for offenders who are still juveniles.
the term given to a house of correction or a reformatory.
This term is given to a person who mis certain to inherit the estate of a relative.
These are the documents that relate to a patient while they have been in hospital.
This term gives the right of self-government that is granted to a body within a states borders.
The instruction given to a jury that urges it to weight all of the evidence to determine its validity.
a law that will impose a more severe punishment for a crime committed several times by the same person.
a tax that is hidden from the person buying an item.
a defect not immediately apparent and turns up later.
the term used when a person has been disgraced, belittled or made to look foolish.
This term applies to a criminal and wrongful homicide.
a rule used in maritime terms when the cargo of a ship is only subject to tax in its home port.
This term applies to a person who is attracted to people of the same sex.
This term means to sell goods on the street and to attract attention of people by calling out.
This term applies to a theft that takes place on a public roadway.
the term applied to a criminal murder.
a mental illness where a person has the irrational desire to kill someone.
the name given to a house for people moving back in to society from a jail or other institution.
the proof of one witness or one document that is not enough to decide a case.
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