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General law
Common terminology used in legal business.
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General law
Probation, summary
Legal services; General law
Suspension of a guilty party’s prison sentence so that, if he or she obeys the conditions, he or she will spend no time in prison
Hearing, contested
Legal services; General law
Legal proceeding in which outcome is put into question by possible administrative misconduct
Prosecution
Legal services; General law
The state’s representative in a court room, seeks to convict the defendant
Prison
Legal services; General law
Place of long term incarceration, where convicts fulfil their sentences
Grand jury
Legal services; General law
Jury that listens to arguments and decides innocence or guilt of defendant
