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forfeit
forfeit [Anglo-French, from Middle French forfait, past participle of forfaire to commit a crime, from fors outside + faire to do] : something forfeited or subject to being forfeited vt
forge
to make, alter, or imitate (as a writing) falsely with intent to defraud : counterfeit vi : to commit forgery forg·er n
forswear
to reject, renounce, or deny under oath 2 : to renounce earnestly vi : to swear falsely : commit false swearing
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home invasion
home invasion : the crime of entering a dwelling and committing or with intent to commit a crime (as assault) while armed and while another is lawfully present
infancy
infant : minority 2 : the affirmative defense of lacking legal capacity (as to make a contract or commit a crime) because of being too young and esp. because one's age is below an age set by
institutionalize
institutionalize -ized -iz·ing : to put in the care of an institution compare commit
interdict
(a person) of the right to care for one's own person or affairs because of mental incapacity compare commit, curator, tutor 2 : to authoritatively prohibit or bar (an act or conduct) 3 : to intercept or
irresistible impulse test
used in some jurisdictions when considering an insanity defense that involves a determination of whether an impulse to commit a criminal act was irresistible due to mental disease or defect regardless of whether the defendant knew right
Conspiracy
A combination of people for an evil purpose an agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime in concert as treason a plot
Assault
generally Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Criminal law (Offences against Person),' and notes. In criminal law means, an attempt to commit battery, requiring the specific intent to cause physical injury, Black Law Dictionary 7th Edn., p. 109.
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