Criminal Law
The complete list of terms and definitions.
Criminal law deals with the legal system surrounding criminal conduct. This includes laws that define crimes, the defense of crimes, and how law enforcement, the courts, and attorneys conduct themselves in the steps of criminal case. A crime is an act or omission that is forbidden by statute. Criminal law can involve the prosecution of a crime or can involve the defense or someone who has committed a crime. Common criminal law defenses stem from violations of procedure or defined rights of a defendant. What follows is a list of commonly-used legal terms in criminal law and their dictionary definitions.
- Abet
- Accessory
- Accomplice
- Accusation
- Accused
- Acquittal
- Actus Reus
- Admissible Evidence
- Admission
- Alibi
- Appeal
- Armed Robbery
- Arraignment
- Arrest Warrant
- Arson
- Assault
- Auto Theft
- Battered Woman Syndrome
- Battery
- Bench Trial
- Bench Warrant
- Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
- Blackmail
- Booking
- Break and Enter
- Bribery
- Burglary
- Capital Offense
- Capital Punishment
- Change of Venue
- Charge
- Circumstantial Evidence
- Coercion
- Collusion
- Complicity
- Concurrent Sentence
- Consecutive Sentence
- Conspiracy
- Contraband
- Corroborating Evidence
- Corruption
- Criminal Attempt
- Criminal Code
- Criminal Contempt
- Criminal Fraud
- Criminal Harassment
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Negligence
- Criminal Organization
- Criminal Procedure
- Criminal Summons
- Criminal Trespass
- Cross-Examination
- Cruelty
- Danger to Society
- Deadly Force
- Death Penalty
- Deceit
- Declaration under Penalty of Perjury
- Deferred Sentence
- Deliberate
- Deliberate Ignorance
- Deliberate Indifference
- Depraved Heart Murder
- Depravity of Mind
- Discovery
- Dismissal
- Domestic Violence
- Double Jeopardy
- Due Process of Law
- Embezzlement
- Entrapment
- Exculpate
- Excusable Homicide
- Exhibit
- Expunge
- Extortion
- Extradition
- Felonious Homicide
- Felony
- Felony Murder
- Fifth Amendment
- First Amendment
- First Degree Murder
- Forgery
- Fourteenth Amendment
- Fourth Amendment
- Grand Jury
- Guilty Plea
- Habitual Offender
- Harassment
- Hate Crime
- Heat of Passion
- Homicide
- Human Trafficking
- Hung Jury
- Identity Theft
- Inchoate Offense
- Incompetency
- Indictment
- Infanticide
- Insanity
- Intoxication
- Involuntary Manslaughter
- Justifiable Homicide
- Kidnap
- Knowingly
- Larceny
- Maim
- Manslaughter
- Manslaughter by Negligence
- Mass Murder
- Mayhem
- Mens Rea
- Miranda Warning
- Misdemeanor
- Money Laundering
- Motion to Suppress
- Motive
- Murder
- Obstruction of Justice
- Perjury
- Physical Force
- Plea Negotiations
- Premeditation
- Probable cause
- Provocation
- Psychopath
- Racial Profiling
- Racketeering
- Ransom
- Rap Sheet
- Rape
- Reasonable Suspicion
- Receiving Stolen Property
- Riot
- Robbery
- Second Degree Murder
- Self-Defense
- Serial Killer
- Sexual Assault
- Sixth Amendment
- Solicitation
- Specific Intent
- Statutory Rape
- Summary Offense
- Tax Evasion
- Terrorism
- Theft
- Third Degree Murder
- Threat
- Title 18 of the US Code
- Trafficking
- Treason
- Unlawful Assembly
- Vagrancy
- Voluntary Manslaughter
- Voyeurism
- Weapon
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