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Another Refers to any OTHER person or legal entity, including the state of Louisiana or any subdivision thereof. Anything of Value Must be given the broadest possible construction, including any CONCIEVABLE thing of the slightest value, movable or immovable, corporeal or incorporeal, public or private, and including transportation, telephone and telegraph services, or any other available for hire. It must be construed in the broad popular sense of the phrase, not necessarily as synonymous with the traditional legal term "property". In all cases involving shoplifting the term "value" is the actual retail price of the property at the time of the offense. Apprehend To take in CUSTODY; to arrest. Arraign To bring the ACCUSED before a judge, in open court, where he plead to the charges against him. Arraignment In criminal practice, to bring an accused to the BAR OF THE COURT in order that he may plead. Arrest Is the taking of one person into custody by another. To constitute arrest, there must be an actual RESTRAINT. The restraint may be imposed by force or may result from the submission of the person arrested to the custody of the one arresting him. Arrest Warrant An ORDER in writing by judge authority to take a specific person into custody to answer a specific criminal charge. Bail To set at LIBERTY a person arrested or imprisoned, or security being taken, for his appearance at a specified time and place, while charges are pending in court. Bail Bond
An OBLIGATION signed by the accused, with sureties, to secure his presence in court. Bailiff A court attendant whose duties are to keep ORDER in the courtroom and to have custody of the jury. Ballistics The SCIENCE of the flight of projectile (i.e. bullets fired from a weapon) Bench Warrant Process issued from the "Bench" for the ARREST of one named or described therein. Burden of Proof In the law of evidence, the NECESSITY OR DUTY of affirmatively proving a fact or facts in dispute. Change of Venue The removal of a suit from one JURISDICTION to another or from one COURT to another within the same jurisdiction. Circumstantial Evidence All evidence of an INDIRECT nature; the process of decisions by which a court of jury may reason from CIRCUMSTANCES known or proven to establish by inference, the principal fact. Civil Rights Rights guaranteed to every person by the U.S. Constitution, the State Constitution, and the State Legislature, by virtue of THEIR CITIZENSHIP. Coercion COMPELLING a person to do that which he does not have to do, or to omit that which he may legally do by some illegal threat, force, intimidation, etc. Complaint A sworn, written ALLEGATION stating that a specified person committed a crime. Complainant One who INITIATES an action. Conspiracy
The questioning of a witness in a trial or the taking of a deposition, by the party OPPOSSED to the one who produced the witness. Dangerous Weapon Includes any gas, liquid or other substance or instrumentality, which, in the manner used, is calculated or likely to produce DEATH OR GREAT BODILY HARM. Defendant The party AGAINST whom an action or law or inequity is brought; party denying, opposing, resisting or contesting the action. Defraud To WITHHOLD from another what is justly due him, or to DEPRIVE him of the right by artifice or deception; to cheat. Direct Evidence Proof by facts by WITNESSES who saw acts done or heard words spoken as distinguished from CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. Direct Examination The first INTERROGATION of a witness by the part on whose behalf he is called. Domicile The place where a person has established PERMENANT residence. Double Jeopardy To be prosecuted TWICE for the same offense. Due Process Law in its regular course of administration through the courts of justice. Entrapment The act of officers or agents of a government, INDUCING a person to commit a crime not originally contemplated by him, for the purpose of instituting a criminal prosecution against him. Evidence All the means used to prove or disprove the fact at issue. Extradition
The surrender by one state to another of an individual who is outside its own territory and within the TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION of the other. False Arrest Any UNLAWFUL PHYSICAL RESTRAINT of another's liberty, whether in prison or elsewhere. Felony Is a crime for which an offender may be sentenced to death or imprisonment at HARD LABOR. Forensic Relating to the courts; thus FORENSIC MEDICINE would refer to medicine in relation to the court. Forseeable Refers to that which ordinarily would be ANTICIPATED by a human being of average reasonable intelligence and perception. Fugitive Anyone who is wanted by law enforcement officers and CANNOT BE LOCATED. Fraud An INTENTIONAL perversion of truth; deceitful practice or device resorted to with intent to deprive another of property or other right, or in some manner do him injury. Grand Jury A JURY OF INUIRY whose duty is to hear complaints of accusations in criminal cases and may return indictments against the accused. Habeas Corpus A writ of Habeas Corpus is an order from the court to the one holding the prisoner to produce him in court so that the LEGALITY of the detention may be decided. Hearsay Evidence based on REPORTS BY OTHERS rather than on a witness' own knowledge; generally inadmissible in court. Homicide The killing of one human being by another. Impeach
Mandamus A writ which issues out of a superior court, directed to any person, corporation or inferior court, requiring them to do some particular thing. Manslaughter The unlawful killing of another human being WITHOUT MALICE. It may be either with the intent to kill, upon a sudden passion or heat of blood, or without the intent to kill, done while committing some unlawful act without due regard for others. Masochism A sexual perversion in which on person derives pleasure from PHYSICAL PAIN inflicted by another. Mens Rea Criminal; literally; a guilty mind. Misdemeanor Any crime not a FELONY. Usually a crime punishable by a fine or imprisonment in the count/parish or other local jail, rather than to the state prison. Mittimus A writ, issued from a court, directing an officer to convey the person named therein, to jail or other place of confinement. Modus Operandi METHOD OF OPERATION by criminals. Motive The REASON for doing a certain thing; the motivating influence. Municipal Court Courts whos territorial authority is CONFINED to the city or municipality. Murder Generally the unlawful killing of a human being by another with MALICE aforethought, either expressed or implied. Defined statutorily in most states. Negligence Failure to EXERCISE THE DEGREE OF CARE which the circumstances justly demand or that care a reasonable and prudent man should have used under the same circumstances.
No True Bill A phrase used by a grand jury when they fail to INDICT. Nolle Prosequi A declaration to a court, by the plaintiff, that he does not wish to further prosecution the case. Objection The act of taking EXCEPTION to some statement or procedure in a trial. Used to call the court's attention to some improper evidence or procedure. Opinion Evidence Evidence of what a witness THINKS, BELIEVES, OR INFERS in regard to a fact in dispute, as distinguished from personal knowledge of the facts. Ordinance A term used to designate the ENACTMENTS of the legislative or governing body of a municipality or city. Overt Act An open or PHYSICAL act, as opposed to a thought. Parole A CONDITIONAL release from prison. Person Includes a human being from the moment of FERTILIZATION and implantation and also includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. Petit Jury The ordinary jury composed of twelve persons who hear criminal and civil cases. Phobia A fixed morbid FEAR of some object or person for which normal persons lack fear. Perjury To lie or falsely swear, under oath. Property Refers to both public and private property, movable and immovable, and corporeal and incorporeal property.
Sequestration A rule of a court requiring all witnesses to be SEPERATED, the defense from the prosecution and remain outside of the court room until each is called, except it does not apply to a plaintiff or defendant. Slander Defamatory spoken words tending to prejudice another in REPUTATION, business or means or livelihood. Stare Decisis The doctrine that when a court, of the state, has once laid down a principal of law as applicable to certain facts, it will ADHERE to the principal and apply it to future cases where the facts are substantially the same. States Evidence Testimony, given by an ACCOMPLICE or participant in a crime, tending to convict others. Statute A written law passed by the legislature. Stay A STOPPING of a judicial proceeding by a court order. Subpoena A process which would cause a witness or other person to appear in court at a specified time and place. A LEGAL court order. Substantiate To VERIFY; establish the truth of a matter by adequate evidence. Summons A signed request, directing a person to APPEAR in court at a stated time and place. Testimony Evidence given by a competent witness, under oath, as distinguished from evidence derived from writings, and other sources; may be verbal or written. Toxicology The science of POISON.
Transcript A COPY of the original writing, or oral statement reduced to writing. Unborn Child Means any individual of the human species from FERTILIZATION and implantation until birth. Venue The GEOGRAPHICAL area in which a court with jurisdiction sits. Verdict The decision of a court. Waive To give up a personal right. Whoever In a penalty clause, refers only to natural persons insofar as death or imprisonment is provided, but insofar as a fine may be imposed "whoever" in a penalty clause refers to any person. Writ An instrument in writing, ordering a person to PERFORM some specific duty. Crime of Violence Any offense that has, as an element, the use, attempted use, or threatened use of PHYSICAL FORCE against the person or property of another, and that, by its very nature, involves substantial risk that physical force against the person or property of another may be used in the course of committing the offense or an offense that involves the possession or use of a dangerous weapon.
