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accessory
now omit the term accessory after the fact and instead characterize the accessory as having committed a particular offense, such as obstructing justice. 3 : the crime of being an accessory usually used with to and specifying
acceptance of responsibility
her crime such that the sentencing judge has the discretion under the federal sentencing guidelines to reduce the offense level and so impose a less severe sentence
absence without leave
absence without leave :the military offense of being absent without leave
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diminished capacity
of the crime with which a defendant is charged, the defendant can only be convicted of a lesser offense that does not include the element.
duplicity
or defense in a single paragraph of a pleading ;esp : the improper charging of more than one offense in one count in a charging instrument (as an indictment) compare misjoinder, multiplicity
penal
: of, relating to, or being punishment [ sanctions] 2 : making one (as an offender) punishable [a offense] ;also : criminal 3 : used as a place of confinement and punishment [a institution]
indictable
indictable : making one liable to indictment [an offense]
offender
Matched in: Term offender
offence
offence var of offense
mitigating circumstance
of manslaughter rather than murder because of mitigating circumstances] ;also : a circumstance or factor relating to an offense or defendant that does not bear on the question of culpability but that receives consideration by the court
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