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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.

This term applies to case that often have extenuating circumstances where a lenient stance is taken by the court.

the term used when a person hides another person wanted by the law.

the name given to the person who has been left money or property by another person in a will.

the oath that is taken by medical school graduates.

These are some of the questions asked of witnesses in trials that are based on assumed facts or a theory.