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• Prosecute
  ...n]] against for redress or [[punishment]] of a [[crime]] or violation of [[law]] :b : to institute legal [[proceedings]] with reference to <prosecute a claim>
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• Martial law
  '''Martial law''' is the system of rules that takes effect when the [[military]] takes control of the norma ...n cases of major natural disasters; however most countries use a different legal construct, such as a "state of emergency".
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• Equity
  *1 a : [[justice]] according to [[natural law]] or right; specifically : [[freedom]] from bias or favoritism ...and are designed to protect rights and enforce duties fixed by substantive law
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• Complaint
  ...t. Civil court rules in states that have incorporated the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure use the same term for the same pleading. ...to set for different [[phases]] of the case, as it moves through the court system.
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• Sanction
  ...rvention]] annexed to a violation of a [[law]] as a means of enforcing the law ...several nations in concert for forcing a nation violating international [[law]] to desist or yield to [[adjudication]]
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• Police
  ...the [[Greek]] "πολιτεία" (politeia), "[[citizenship]], [[administration]], civil polity" and that from "πόλις" (polis), "city". In ancient Greece the t ...zed to [[exercise]] the police [[power]] of that state within a defined [[legal]] or territorial area of [[responsibility]]. Police forces are often define
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• Crime
  ...nder liable to punishment by that law; especially : a gross violation of [[law]] ...nd of other civil law may rank as "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offence_(law) offences]" or as "infractions".
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• Dossier
  ...r legal systems on civil or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_law Roman law]. [[Category: Law]]
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• Prejudice
  ...Apartheid is an example of legal discrimination, as are also various post-Civil war laws in the southern United States that legally disadvantaged negros wi ...taging one group over another. The Indian caste system and European feudal system are historical examples of institutional discrimination.
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• Trial
  In [[law]], a '''trial''' is when parties to a dispute come together to present [[in ...endants are afforded greater leeway to defend themselves than parties to a civil suit.
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• Discretion
  ...[[power]] of [[free]] decision or latitude of [[choice]] within certain [[legal]] [[Parameter|bounds]] <reached the age of discretion> ...offense, the characteristics of the offender, and availability of adequate civil remedies. Plea bargaining also plays a major role in determining charges.
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• Pardon
  ...ten granted so that people can hand in weapons to the police without any [[legal]] [[Examination|questions]] being asked as to where they obtained them/why ...be used frequently as a means of infusing [[mercy]] into the [[justice]] [[system]].
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• Patriarchy
  ...rked by the supremacy of the [[father]] in the [[clan]] or [[family]], the legal dependence of [[wives]] and [[children]], and the reckoning of descent and ...authority]] over [[women]] and [[children]]. Patriarchy also refers to a [[system]] of [[government]] by males, and to the [[dominance]] of men in social or
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• Retribution
  ...re]] is shown by its inclusion in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah law of Moses], specifically in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title= ...ly than minor crime, but retributivists differ about how harsh or soft the system should be overall.
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• Evidence
  ...any [[Secondary Corpus|academic disciplines]], including [[science]] and [[law]], adding to the [[discourse]] surrounding it. ...o talk about levels of evidence and certainty, particularly the field of [[law]].
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• Curfew
  ...2003], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_civil_unrest_in_France 2005 civil unrest in France], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Chile_earthquake *An order by the legal guardians of a [[teenager]] to return home by a specific time, usually in t
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• Roman law
  ...[[530]]). Roman law as preserved in Justinian's codes became the basis of legal practice in the ''[[Byzantine Empire]]'' and&mdash;later&mdash;in continent ...of Roman law is shown by the wealth of legal terminology, retained by all legal systems, like ''[[stare decisis]]'', ''culpa in contrahendo''<ref>In German
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• Authority
  ...authority''' ([[Latin language|Latin]] ''[[auctoritas]]'', used in [[Roman law]] as opposed to ''[[potestas]]'' and ''[[imperium]]'') is often used interc ...nd directions for the use of creation. The question of authority in such a system is "what does God want from me and how do I know this?" The source for answ
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• Jurors
  .... A trial without a jury (in which both questions of fact and questions of law are decided by a judge) is known as a bench trial. ...criminal cases there are usually 12 jurors, although Scotland uses 15. In civil cases many trials require only six.
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• Abolition
  ...the Americas to end the [[slave]] trade and set slaves [[free]]. The slave system aroused little protest until the 18th century, when [[rationalist]] thinker ...some parts of Africa and in much of the Islamic world, it persisted as a [[legal]] [[institution]] well into the 20th century.
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