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fiduciary shield doctrine
fiduciary shield doctrine : a doctrine barring a state from exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant as an individual if the acts for which the defendant is being sued were performed in his or
fair trial
trial that is conducted fairly, justly, and with procedural regularity by an impartial judge and in which the defendant is afforded his or her rights under the U.S. Constitution or the appropriate state constitution or other law
ex post facto law
law : a civil or criminal law with retroactive effect ;esp : a law that retroactively alters a defendant's rights esp. by criminalizing and imposing punishment for an act that was not criminal or punishable at the
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Durham 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 the defendant's criminal act must be the product of a mental disease
mitigating circumstance
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 esp. in
diminished capacity
of a crime NOTE: If diminished capacity is shown, negating an element 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.
cross-complaint
cross-complaint 1 : a claim brought by a defendant against another party to the lawsuit 2 : a claim brought by a defendant against a person not
criminal record
criminal record a record listing a defendant's previous arrests and convictions. A copy of the defendant's criminal record, if any, must be given to the
corespondent
corespondent 1 : a joint respondent 2 : a person named as guilty of adultery with the defendant in a divorce suit
colloquy
colloquy : a discussion during a hearing between the judge and the defendant usually to ascertain the defendant's understanding of his or her rights and of the court proceedings
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