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Confession
Law; Legal

A formal statement admitting that one is guilty of a crime.

Closing argument
Law; Legal

A closing argument, summation, or summing up is the concluding statement of each party's counsel (often called an attorney in the United States) reiterating the important arguments for the trier of ...

Appeal
Law; Legal

A legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgement or the granting of a ...

Arbitration
Law; Legal

The hearing and determination of a dispute by an impartial referee agreed to by both parties (often used to settle disputes between labour and management).

Circumstantial evidence
Law; Legal

Circumstantial evidence is evidence in which an inference is required to connect it to a conclusion of fact.

Convict
Law; Legal

Declare (someone) to be guilty of a criminal offence by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law.

Arraignment
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Arraignment is when someone is brought before a court of law to answer a particular charge.

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