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Piracy

time or of immediately before or immediately after committing the crime of piracy in respect of any ship or vessel, shall

Penalty

to an order finding the person concerned guilty of a crime. In Article 20(1) the expression 'penalty' is used in the

Obstruction of justice

intimidating a witness or juror. Obstruction of justice is a crime in most jurisdictions. Also termed obstructing justice; obstructing public justice,

Justifiable homicide

Where committed for the prevention of any forcible or atrocious crime, but not if the crime is unaccompanied by force. If

Incite

Common Law misdemeanor to incite any person to commit a crime. If the crime be actually committed, he who has incited

Imprisonment

other times, Co. Litt. 253. See FALSE IMPRISONMENT. Imprisonment for Crime.--Any common law mis-demeanour is punishable after conviction on indictment by

Arrest

Court of Justice, or to prevent the commission of a crime, or to ensure that a person charged or suspected of

Idoneum se facere; idoneare se

to clear oneself. To purge oneself by oath, of a crime that one is accused of committ-ing, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th

Accessary, or Accessory

felony, yet procures, counsels, or commands another to commit a crime. Absence is necessary to make him an accessory, for if

entrapment

either that he or she would not have committed the crime but for the undue persuasion or fraud of the government

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