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Doctrine of pari delicto
pari delicto is not designed to reward the 'wrongdoer' or to penalize the 'wronged', by denying to the victim of exploitation access to justice. The doctrine is attracted only when none of the parties is a victim
hostile environment sexual harassment
hostile environment sexual harassment : sexual harassment that has the effect of unreasonably interfering with a victim's work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment that affects the victim's psychological well-being called
fresh complaint rule
fresh complaint rule : a rule of evidence: the testimony of a witness to whom a victim of a sexual offense made a fresh complaint is admissible to corroborate the victim's testimony called also fresh
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battery
harm (as by striking or by administering a poison or drug) that is not consented to by the victim compare assault aggravated battery : criminal battery that is accompanied by aggravating factors: as a : criminal battery
assault
offensive physical contact or bodily harm that one has the present ability to inflict and that puts the victim in fear of such harm or contact compare battery 2 : the crime of assault accompanied by battery
Procrustes
A celebrated legendary highwayman of Attica who tied his victims upon an iron bed and as the case required either stretched or cut of their legs to adapt
Crithomancy
means of the dough of the cakes offered in the ancient sacrifices and the meal strewed over the victims
electric chair
a device used for execution of criminals consisting of a specially designed chair in which the victim is killed by passing a large current of electricity through the body This method of killing is called
Guillotine
which slides in vertical guides is raised by a cord and let fall upon the neck of the victim
Hecatomb
hundred oxen or cattle at the same time hence the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of victims
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