Law Terms
The crime involves the intentional killing of another person.
What is murder?
Guarantees freedom of speech, religion, and the press.
What is the First Amendment?
Legal processing through which a minor is accused of committing a crime.
What is delinquency processing?
Involves intentional harm to another person’s body or mind.
What is an intentional tort?
Essential element of a contract refers to a mutual agreement between parties, often evidenced by an offer and acceptance.
What is mutual assent?
The legal principle is that a person can't be tried for the same offense twice.
What is double jeopardy?
Banned Slavery in the United States.
What's the Thirteenth Amendment?
A process where juvenile records are erased or sealed after crime conditions are met.
What is expungement?
Someone intentionally causes harmful or offensive contact with another person.
What is battery?
Refers to the consideration that each party must provide to make a contract enforceable.
What is considration?
A crime that is less severe than a felony and receives fewer consequences.
What's a misdemeanor?
Ensures the right to a speedy and public trial.
Ensures the right to a speedy and public trial. What's the Sixteenth Amendment?
What is the legal term for a minor who has committed an offense that would be a crime if committed by an adult?
What is a delinquent?
Someone fails to exercise reasonable care, resulting in damage or injury to another person.
What is negligence?
Formed through the explicit words of the parties involved, whether spoken or written.
What is an express contract?
The unlawful entry into a building with an intent to commit a crime.
What is burglary?
Prohibits unlawful searches.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
Refers to a juvenile right to appeal a decision made in juvenile court.
What is the right to appeal?
Occurs when a person is wrongfully confined or restrained against their will.
What is false imprisonment?
Contract is created by the actions or conduct of the parties, rather than written or spoken words.
What is implied contract?
The defense argues that the accused was not in the right state of mind when the crime was committed due to mental illness.
What is an insanity defense?
Granted women's right to vote.
What's the Nineteenth Amendment?
Ruled that the death penalty for minors is unconstitutional.
What is Roper v. Simmons?
Refers to the requirement that a plaintiff must prove causation, showing that the defendant’s actions were the actual cause of their injury.
What is causation?
Occurs when a party fails to perform their contractual obligations in a significant way.
What is a material breach?