INDETERMINATE SENTENCE
This term applies to a jail sentence without a set period but it falls between the minimum and maximum time for the crime.
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This term applies to a jail sentence without a set period but it falls between the minimum and maximum time for the crime.
the term applied to direct line such as grandfather, son, grandson and is important when a person dies without leaving a will.
a contract that is in contrary to public morals and is a consideration that the public will hold to be indecent.
where the jurors are wrongfully persuaded to give a desired verdict.
the federal intelligence agency whose function is to conduct all intelligence activities and to obtain any information that is essential to the security of the United States.
the failure of a plaintiff to pursue the charges that will result in his case being dropped.
the name of the debt where the person who owes the money to the creditor has deceived him by defrauding him.
the name that is given to a judge who is serving from the result of a legitimate appointment or election.
This term describes the legacy to a trustee that is to held for certain beneficiaries.
This term is given to a foreigner living in the US with no right to stay who has taken no steps to become a citizen.
term used to describe a lover but has no legal relationship with the person.
a term given to a legal document, a will or a deed that seems to be clear but contains certain ambiguities.
a suit for received injuries as a result of a wrongful act of another person.
an insurance policy that will pay a sum of money when the insured person dies.
the name of a federal statute that makes in unlawful to attempt to overthrow the government by force.
a direct and fixed charge placed on goods.
The name given to a federal law that requires all labels to be plain, visible and understood easily by the consumers.
a law that applies to everybody that differs from one that applies to one person of a few people.
the term given to negligence that the defendant could not control the circumstances of.
the name that is given to a duty that arises from conscience rather than law.