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void-for-vagueness doctrine
void-for-vagueness doctrine : a doctrine requiring that a penal statute define a criminal offense with sufficient definiteness that ordinary people can understand what conduct is prohibited and in a manner that does not encourage arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement NOTE: Under the void-for-vagueness doctrine, a vague law is a violation of due process because the law does not provide fair warning of a prohibition and fails to set standards for enforcement that would govern the exercise of the police power. ...
vagueness doctrine
vagueness doctrine : void-for-vagueness doctrine ...
vague
vague : characterized by such a lack of precision that a person of ordinary intelligence would have to guess if particular conduct is being proscribed : characterized by a failure to describe forbidden conduct in terms sufficient to provide fair warning [an unconstitutionally law] see also void-for-vagueness doctrine compare overbroad vague·ly adv vague·ness n ...
fair warning
fair warning : sufficient notification in a statute that particular conduct constitutes a crime see also void-for-vagueness doctrine ...
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