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A Person Who Commits An Illegal Act./: Defending Protecting Attack Danger Injur
A Person Who Commits An Illegal Act./: Defending Protecting Attack Danger Injur
Blackmail is the crime of threatening to reveal embarrassing, disgraceful or damaging information about
a person to the public
Offender a person who commits an illegal act./ an accused defendant in a criminal case or one convicted
of a crime
Natural law rules of conduct supposedly inherent in the relations between human beings and
discoverable by reason; law based upon an assumed innate moral sense
Trial by jury the trial where a jury will deliver a verdict after it has heard all of the evidence
Barrister in England, a qualified member of the legal profession who presents and pleads cases in court;
counselor-at-law
Solicitor A solicitor is a legal practitioner who traditionally deals with most of the legal matters in some
jurisdictions
Lawyer a person who has been trained in the law, esp. one whose profession is advising others in
matters of law or representing them in lawsuits
prosecutor is a lawyer who represents the people and who works for some type of government body
judge is a person who has the authority to hear and decide court cases
A notary public is an officer authorized by the state in which the person resides to
administer oaths, take acknowledgments, certify documents and to take depositions if the
notary is also a court reporter.
The definition of bar is the legal profession, or the railing which separates the spectators in a courtroom
from the lawyers, judge, jury, and other court personnel.
conviction is someone being found guilty of a crime or having a strong belief in something.
A convict person who has been found guilty of committing a crime or a misdemeanor or to find an
accused guilty of crime.
Punishment is the act of inflicting a consequence or penalty on someone as a result of their wrongdoing,
or the consequence or penalty itself.
Fine is defined as money charged to a person for doing something wrong, such as breaking the speed
limit.