christian+meade+genre+7

Definitions

1.) **Arrest** - To deprive a person of his liberty by legal authority. 2.) **Breach** - The breaking or violating of a law, right, or duty, either by commission or omission. 3.) **Complaint** - criminal - A charge brought before a judicial officer having jurisdiction, that a person named has committed a specified offense. 4.) **Commonwealth's Attorney** - The name of the public officer who is elected in each city or county to conduct criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state. 5.) **Convict** - To find a person guilty of a criminal charge. 6.) **Crime** - A positive or negative act in violation of penal law; an offense against the state classified either as a felony or misdemeanor. 7.) **Demurrer** - A motion to dismiss a case because the claim is legally insufficient. 8.) **Detention** - The holding of a person in custody or confinement. 9.) **Dismissal** - An order disposing of an action, suit, etc., without trial. 10.) **Evidence** - All the means by which a matter of fact, the truth of which is submitted for investigation, is established or disproved. 11.) **Felony** - A crime punishable by death or confinement in the penitentiary. 12.) **//Habeas corpus//** - A writ commanding the person holding a prisoner in custody to bring the prisoner before the court for a determination of whether the prisoner is restrained of his liberty by due process. It is not used to determine the guilt or innocence of the prisoner. 13.) **Judgment** - A final decision and order of the court. 14.) **Objection** - A protest or exception made by a party against an action by the opposing party. 15.) **Plaintiff** - A person who brings an action; the party who complains or sues in a personal action and is so named on the record. 16.) **Plea** - Statement made by the defendant either as to his guilt or innocence to the charge made against him.