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Durham rule
criminal law used in some states that holds that in order to find a defendant not guilty by reason of insanity the defendant's criminal act must be the product of a mental disease or defect compare irresistible … by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals that established the rule] : a rule of criminal law used in some states that holds that in order to find a defendant not guilty by reason of insanity
espionage
losing through gross negligence information relating to the defense of the U.S. with the intent that or with reason to believe that the information will be used to the injury of the U.S. or the advantage of … defense of the U.S. with the intent that or with reason to believe that the information will be used to the injury of the U.S. or the advantage of a foreign nation
good faith exception
a warrant later found to be unsupported by probable cause is admissible if the investigating officers acted in reasonable reliance that the warrant was valid see also Mapp v. Ohio in the Important Cases section … good faith exception : an exception to the exclusionary rule: evidence obtained by the use of a warrant later found to be unsupported by probable cause is admissible if the investigating officers acted
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motion
to clarify allegations in the complaint because the claims are so vague or ambiguous that an answer cannot reasonably be framed motion in bar : a motion that bars an action (as trial or prosecution) used esp. … cannot reasonably be framed motion in bar : a motion that bars an action (as trial or prosecution) used esp. in Georgia and Illinois motion in lim·i·ne [-in-li-mə-nē] : a usually pretrial motion that requests the court
no-eyewitness rule
tort law: in the absence of testimony by eyewitnesses a jury may assume that a person has exercised reasonable care to preserve his or her own safety used esp. in Iowa … a jury may assume that a person has exercised reasonable care to preserve his or her own safety used esp. in Iowa
stale
stale : impaired in legal effect or force by reason of not being used, acted upon, or demanded in a timely fashion [the search warrant was invalid because … stale : impaired in legal effect or force by reason of not being used, acted upon, or demanded in a timely fashion [the search warrant was invalid because it was based on
Cigarette
other substance not containing tobacco, (ii) any roll of tobacco wrapped in any substance containing tobacco, which, by reason of its appearance, the type of tobacco used in the filter, or its packaging and labeling is likely … of tobacco wrapped in any substance containing tobacco, which, by reason of its appearance, the type of tobacco used in the filter, or its packaging and labeling is likely to be offered to, or purchased by consumers
Deodand
A personal chattel which had caused the death of a person and for that reason was given to God that is forfeited to the crown to be applied to pious uses and distributed … for that reason was given to God that is forfeited to the crown to be applied to pious uses and distributed in alms by the high almoner Thus if a cart ran over a man and killed
From
Out of the neighborhood of lessening or losing proximity to leaving behind by reason of out of by aid of used whenever departure setting out commencement of action being state occurrence etc … the neighborhood of lessening or losing proximity to leaving behind by reason of out of by aid of used whenever departure setting out commencement of action being state occurrence etc or procedure emanation absence separation etc are
Kafkaesque
a vague and unexplicable way of situations or regulations Often used to describe illogical bureaucratic entanglements with no reasonable solution … Frightening threating and bewildering in a vague and unexplicable way of situations or regulations Often used to describe illogical bureaucratic entanglements with no reasonable solution
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