Conduct - Law Dictionary Search Results
stalking
death esp. because of express or implied threats ;broadly : a crime of engaging in a course of conduct directed at a person that serves no legitimate purpose and seriously alarms, annoys, or intimidates that person NOTE:
rule
rule 1 a : a prescribed guide for conduct or action b : a regulating principle or precept 2 a : an order or directive issued by
overbreadth
overbroad [a statute void for ] 2 : a doctrine in constitutional law: a law that prohibits protected conduct (as free speech) as part of its reach may be struck down as unconstitutional if the threat to
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Act of possession
Act of possession, means a conduct indicating an intent to claim the property in question as one's own; esp., conduct that supports a claim
obscene
Supreme Court has ruled that obscene applies to materials that appeal predominantly to a prurient interest in sexual conduct, depict or describe sexual conduct in a patently offensive way, and lack serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific
misconduct
or wanton wrongful but usually not criminal behavior: as a : deliberate or wanton violation of standards of conduct by a government official b : wrongful behavior (as adultery) by a spouse that leads to the dissolution
merger
contract by another 3 a : the treatment (as by statute) of two offenses deriving from the same conduct such that a defendant cannot be or is not punished for both esp. when one offense is incidental
independent source
independent source 1 : a source of evidence that is not connected with unlawful conduct which uncovers the same evidence 2 : a doctrine that permits use of evidence obtained independently of unlawful
fraud
fact compare constructive fraud in this entry collateral fraud : extrinsic fraud in this entry constructive fraud : conduct that is considered fraud under the law despite the absence of an intent to deceive because it has
ethics
ethics : the principles of conduct governing an individual or a profession see also ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct in the Important Laws
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