Legal Definitions.docx

**Legal Definitions** **Criminal Justice** - is the legal system that addresses crime, including the laws, procedures, and institutions that come into play before, during, and after a crime is committed:  **Civil law** - the system of law concerned with private relations between members of a commu...

**Legal Definitions** **Criminal Justice** - is the legal system that addresses crime, including the laws, procedures, and institutions that come into play before, during, and after a crime is committed:  **Civil law** - the system of law concerned with private relations between members of a community rather than criminal, military, or religious affairs. **Criminal Law** - a system of law concerned with the punishment of those who commit crimes. **Due Process -** fair treatment through the normal [judicial](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=88c0efca59d0fb4e&sca_upv=1&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS1092US1092&sxsrf=ADLYWILs1yQviAdKN1JtXIcPkw2BGWN0_Q:1726602390723&q=judicial&si=ACC90nx67Z8g0WkBmnrPB4IqtqGvlBUvDzxRbiXrWaOTE4Rh6iXxAJSiqT9_CglAEIzBWW76X7NgvvI0VephxXn-IVWieDNeCvF0vTD54wcPvbaoC45oqrY%3D&expnd=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJj6uR38qIAxVPKkQIHVHUAPgQyecJegQIGBAO) system, especially as a citizen\'s [entitlement](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=88c0efca59d0fb4e&sca_upv=1&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS1092US1092&sxsrf=ADLYWILs1yQviAdKN1JtXIcPkw2BGWN0_Q:1726602390723&q=entitlement&si=ACC90nwZrNcJVJVL0KSmGGq5Ka2YREpVJTZ5Ufix6p-8iWbasKn8YRTEu_vu7U1hDRwX4GB3EHYF8u77VcHznGfznGuBC1YDuolFW40K3PRTMZjnY2XMnBA%3D&expnd=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJj6uR38qIAxVPKkQIHVHUAPgQyecJegQIGBAP). **Trial** - a formal examination of evidence before a judge, and typically before a [jury](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=88c0efca59d0fb4e&sca_upv=1&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS1092US1092&sxsrf=ADLYWIK9gHmpV0LQ_IetRGRhuIrxggkJfQ:1726602449616&q=jury&si=ACC90nwa3WNKLXe9J5hMOPZftYuiTQiM2MngCkeMAaOQWhcdt5YV5G-QYgYfeg1koY4I1nlcVRz-N08p7LrIpN2FgPR8CNGk2g%3D%3D&expnd=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjoybWt38qIAxUGI0QIHaKoEIwQyecJegQINRAO), in order to decide [guilt](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=88c0efca59d0fb4e&sca_upv=1&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS1092US1092&sxsrf=ADLYWIK9gHmpV0LQ_IetRGRhuIrxggkJfQ:1726602449616&q=guilt&si=ACC90nyrPgcbTBsFIq03NzrKCa0giYsXzbS5vrQLBX5Ngu2uJB4n24iTGQiwldPW4L0031JyTVtplgrIMR7Qj9g9cdWlfIjokw%3D%3D&expnd=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjoybWt38qIAxUGI0QIHaKoEIwQyecJegQINRAP) in a case of criminal or civil proceedings. **Battery -** the crime of unconsented physical contact with another person, even where the contact is not violent but merely [menacing](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=88c0efca59d0fb4e&sca_upv=1&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS1092US1092&sxsrf=ADLYWILDQRZP20IUM4IsLTjqyFfW0XIczQ:1726602487489&q=menacing&si=ACC90nx67Z8g0WkBmnrPB4IqtqGv4qx7qMQtHLIAwmIgcqjaXwnXwpc42HEelad7gdyUCbb9qLIg5gLbbndVHKRq09jQUOhG0MomtR1EnjKJC0akhzORY80%3D&expnd=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj7l72_38qIAxX1HEQIHZtCEz8QyecJegQINRBR) or offensive. **Assault -** an act, criminal or a [wrongful](https://www.google.com/search?sa=X&sca_esv=88c0efca59d0fb4e&sca_upv=1&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS1092US1092&biw=1440&bih=773&sxsrf=ADLYWIKANWtZRTB6jjmvqiG4uedFV4GNNQ:1726602598268&q=wrongful&si=ACC90nx67Z8g0WkBmnrPB4IqtqGvRxodZgtNgXUZk7_DBy6aAReKhhOKomXEyB3WydujUvI54t5mtdlZBfr6_oFDLJsheH61_NJiwHLaq2GpqRlsCEeWh7U%3D&expnd=1&ved=2ahUKEwiF26b038qIAxVKkO4BHfmRBqYQyecJegQIMxAP) act or an infringement of a right, that [threatens](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=88c0efca59d0fb4e&sca_upv=1&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS1092US1092&sxsrf=ADLYWIImhWDnJJui4_CT2WEZWBtOWgumfA:1726602540304&q=threatens&si=ACC90nxMSPeZfdJJjQgDsdZJuFuJRr6ZlciEuA6F5zMs2wdKVQLDh-zYVQsjNrdcdl57Bdb_pSDkEX2utZ-vcXZRjfbwwbg00W_2foLN8zINUgt-F4_bnfE%3D&expnd=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiR6dTY38qIAxWkke4BHT9lCNUQyecJegUINRCYAQ) physical harm to a person, whether or not actual harm is done. **Disturbance -** the interruption of a settled and peaceful condition. **Weapon -** a thing designed or used for [[inflicting]](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=88c0efca59d0fb4e&sca_upv=1&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS1092US1092&biw=1440&bih=773&sxsrf=ADLYWIJc8ySTS1cLgLo79Iqft-twP5u1Og:1726602689371&q=inflicting&si=ACC90nz-2feRzoY4yuySkO-aQE81FSU57Z68KQSvlVbkhAnhA6Wwj3pEA7-gLuAIkhJkSKNV_L6Dl6cUjOv_8pzISxo7zITxk3rBtJzpIJ1ZlW7HkZupuwg%3D&expnd=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjImN-f4MqIAxVbEUQIHWsZC2oQyecJegQIMxAO) [[bodily]](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=88c0efca59d0fb4e&sca_upv=1&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS1092US1092&biw=1440&bih=773&sxsrf=ADLYWIJc8ySTS1cLgLo79Iqft-twP5u1Og:1726602689371&q=bodily&si=ACC90nwdkA2npcVVmNPViiSe8FMKq9YpFUt9JBTInTA3N1uGxMZ60iqd0rworvkwhhYdmedqNenpBJj0vylUfWzuFlH89IkCKA%3D%3D&expnd=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjImN-f4MqIAxVbEUQIHWsZC2oQyecJegQIMxAP) harm or physical damage.