Category: M

the term that is given to the proposal to end a meeting or a session of court.

the term used when a person who has witnessed a felony does not notify the authorities.

this is the term that describes a murder committed while a felony is committed.

a Latin phrase that means that something that is wrong because it is forbidden.

These are the rules that govern the amount of money a plaintiff is entitled to in a case.

See malpractice, medical.

the name that is given to a duty that arises from conscience rather than law.

the term that applies to a sentence that is greater than a first offender would receive as the person has committed the crime several times.

a term that means an open question, or a thing that is debateable, unsettled or subject to argument.

a Latin phrase for in bad faith.

term applied to taking money gotten illegally and washing or laundering it so it appears to have been gotten legally.

the term that is used to describe the shortest time a person can spend in jail for committing a certain crime.

the name given to a contract to do with business that is transacted on navigable waters.

the term that is given to the captain of a ship or the chief commanding officer of a ship.

the term that is applied to a wound that is fatal.

term that is used for the relative value of a thing in comparison to other things.

the term given to an unimportant finding, fact or the circumstances of a case.

A term that applies to investments that are risky and based on the direction of future interest rates.

the term that is given to the terminating of a person’s life that will end the pain and suffering.

this is term that means to lessen or reduce, such as the mitigating circumstances can lessen a punishment.