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Jury administrator

Legal services; Courts

The court officer responsible for choosing the panel of persons to serve as potential jurors for a particular court term.

Environment

Legal services; Courts

The conditions, influences, or forces which affect the desirability and value of property, as well as the effect on people's lives.

Sovereign immunity

Legal services; Courts

The doctrine that the government, state or federal, is immune to lawsuit unless it give its consent.

Perjury

Legal services; Courts

The criminal offence of making a false statement under oath.

Immigration

Legal services; Courts

The entry of foreign persons into a country to live permanently.

Murder

Legal services; Courts

The unlawful killing of a human being with deliberate intent to kill: (1) murder in the first degree is characterised by premeditation; (2) murder in the second degree is characterised by a sudden ...

Manslaughter

Legal services; Courts

The unlawful killing of another without intent to kill; either voluntary (upon a sudden impulse); or involuntary (during the commission of an unlawful act not ordinarily expected to result in great ...

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