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Victim

Victim, A person harmed by a crime tort, or other wrong, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1561.

Medical examination of victim of rape

Medical examination of victim of rape. See [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), s. 164A]

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Reparation

Reparation, is taken to mean the making of amends by an offender to his victim, or to victims of crime generally, and may take the form of compensation, the performance of some service

Jamaican switch

Jamaican switch, means an illegal scheme whereby one conspirator convinces the victim of a need for help in handling a large sum of money, usu. by claiming to be an

age of the perpetrator or an age differential (as at least four years) between the perpetrator and the victim. Consent of the victim and belief that the victim is of the age of consent are usually considered

Terrorism

use of violence when its most important result is not merely the physical and mental damage of the victim but the prolonged psychological effect it produces or has the potential of producing on the society as a

Victimisation

Victimisation, is a term of comprehensive import. Thus, if a person is made to suffer by treatment, it would

lying in wait

lying in wait : holding oneself in a concealed position to watch and wait for a victim for the purpose of making an unexpected attack and murdering or inflicting bodily injury on the victim

Ring-dropping

follows, the circumstances being taken from Patch's case, 2 East, P.C. 678:-The prisoner, with accomplices, being with their victim, pretends to find a ring wrapt in paper, appearing to be a jeweller's receipt for a 'rich brilliant

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