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What is the code of Hammurabi
This ancient set of laws from around 1700 BCE is one of the earliest known written legal codes.
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What is civil law
This major division of law governs relationships between individuals — such as contracts, torts, and property — rather than crimes.
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What is Extradition
This is when a non-resident is sent back to their home country to face criminal charges there.
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What is abetting
Encouraging a person to commit a crime
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What is the center of the crime scene
The focal point - where crime actually occurred
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What is arrest
Legally depriving someone of liberty by seizing or touching them to indicate that he/she is in custody
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What are the Twelve Tables?
This ancient Roman legal foundation — part of Rome’s early law structure — influenced many modern legal systems.
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What is criminal law
This division of law deals with crimes and public wrongs against the state.
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What are Rights
These are the legal, moral, or social entitlements that are due to all people simply because they are human beings.
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What is accessory after the fact
when someone knowingly receives, comforts, or aids a perpetrator in escaping from the police
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What is crime scene contamination
is when there is a loss, destruction, or alteration of physical evidence
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What is a summons
A court document ordering a person to appear in court for an indictable offense
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What are morals (or moral principles)?
The concept that laws reflect the shared beliefs of right and wrong in a society, rather than just written rules.
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What is a case brief
This is a concise summary of a court decision used to identify key legal issues, facts, decision, and reasoning.
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What are freedoms
It refers to people being able to live their lives without being hampered or frustrated.
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What is fraud
Intentionally deceiving someone in order to cause a loss of property, money, or service
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What is chain of custody
This refers to a written record of people who had contact with each piece of physical evidence
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What is surety
Money put up by a person other than accused to guarantee accused appears in court
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What are the Mosaic Laws
The legal codes written within the old Testament.
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What is "Regina" or "Rex". (king or queen)
In the citation “R. v. Boyes, 2013 BCPC 204 (CanLII)”, the “R.” stands for this word.
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What is a capital offense
A crime punishable by death in another country.
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What is failure to stop at the scene of an accident
Essentially a hit-and-run
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What is Impressions
This refer to patterns or marks found on surfaces and caused by various objects.
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What is bail
Temporary release of an accused who posts money or some other security to guarantee that they will show up for court
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What is the adversarial system
It is a legal system based on two opposing sides arguing their cases in front of an impartial judge.
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What is substantive law.
These are the Law that define the rights, responsibilities, and obligations of citizens and the government.
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What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
A document suggesting fundamental human rights available to all people in the world
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What is conspiracy
when two or more people make an agreement/plan to commit an illegal act, even if the act wasn’t carried out
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What is innocent until proven guilty
First, everyone is _______. It is not up to the accused person to prove their innocence.
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What is a citizens arrest
An arrest without a warrant by a person other than a peace officer
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What is the signing of the magna carta / magna carta
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