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pardon

pardon 1 : a release from the legal penalties of an offense 2 : an official warrant of remission of penalty as an act of clemency compare commute 3 : excuse or forgiveness for a

regardless of political affiliation [an primary] 3 a : being in effect or operation [an mine] [a bench warrant still ] b : available for use [an toll road] c : not finally determined, decided, or settled

necessaries

goods or services delivered to a minor that are considered by reference to his or her circumstances to warrant holding the minor to a contract for them despite an attempt to disaffirm it

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magistrate

] [a traffic ] 2 a : a municipal, state, or federal judicial officer commonly authorized to issue warrants, hear minor cases, and conduct preliminary or pretrial hearings called also magistrate judge b : an official (as

law of the case

been decided (as by an appeals court) will not be reconsidered in the same case unless compelling circumstances warrant such reconsideration ;also : a matter of law considered as settled in a case [the jury instructions were

issue

of the stock] 2 : to become available or be put forth by authority [waited for the search warrant to ] vt : to put forth or distribute usually officially [ a subpoena] [ bonds] [ credit]

instrument

[an of crime] 2 : a document (as a deed, will, bond, note, certificate of deposit, insurance policy, warrant, or writ) evidencing rights or duties esp. of one party to another under the law [no person is

initial appearance

first appearance of a criminal defendant before a judge or usually a magistrate called also arraignment on the warrant initial presentment

inadvertent discovery

Court held that evidence found by inadvertent discovery may be seized under the plain view exception to the warrant requirement for searches and seizures. In Horton v. California, 496 U.S. 128 (1990), however, the Court, while not

idem sonans

idem sonans test] compare misnomer NOTE: An idem sonans name allows a pleading or other document (as a warrant) to be considered valid despite the minor misspelling of a name or other misidentification of a party (as

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