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What does pending disposition mean in legal terms?
A pending disposition in legal terms means that no decision has been reached yet. When someone is arrested and they have a pending disposition, it means that it has not yet been determined whether they have actually committed a crime or not.
Definition of odious?
He had the odious task of cleaning out the horse stables.After the boy was killed, everyone wondered who could've committed such and odious crime.
What does tempestuous mean?
it means realating to a horrible strong storm it means realating to a horrible strong storm
What word means to say that a person is guilty of a crime?
In the US, the only time you can say a person is guilty of a crime is after they have been convicted of the crime. Until a person is convicted or admits guilt in a court of law, they are charged with the crime or suspected of the crime.
What is the meaning of 'For good reason'?
This term means that there was a perfectly reasonable explanation why something happened. A reason means why it happened.
What does nature of the crime mean?
It means the type of crime committed.
Is it correct to say committed for?
it is grammatically correct to say it. but committed itself means committed to a commitment. that is only if you have a commitment you can get committed. so it is not really necessary to specify it.
What does it mean to say that a crime has been cleared?
By its solution. A crime is only "open" unless it cannot be proven who it was that committed it.
What is a mo when investigating a crime?
"M.O." is an abbreviation of the Latin phrase modus operandi, which roughly translated means "method of operation". In Criminology, this means the way by which someone has perpetrated/committed a crime.
What term means freedom forom prosecution even when one has committed the crime as charged?
Immunity.
What is the difference between innocent and not guilty?
Innocent means you are innocent of a crime.. That is you did not commit it. A court (jury/judge) will not find someone "innocent". They can't say that you did not commit a crime, they can only decide for "not guilty" if the evidence presented is enough that you are believed to have committed a crime (guilty) or not (not guilty).
What is allecution?
To "allocute" means to recite what you did when you committed a particular crime. When a defendant pleads guilty and then states the conduct which made up and met the elements of the crime, he is "allocuting".
What does it mean to admit to a crime?
Confess. : The above is certainly one option. But if you are truly asking "Should you admit to a crime", the answer is that you should consult an attorney and follow his advice. There are, after all, legitimate reasons for pleading "not guilty" to something you have technically done.
If a person is indicted by a grand jury this means that the person is guilty of a crime right?
No. It means that the Grand Jury has found probable cause to believe that the person they are charging has committed the crime. A trial in a court of law will decide the defendant's guilt or innocence.
What is meant by law and order situation?
it means a situation that needs law and order if that makes sense such as in a court house u need order if you committed a crime you need to be punished by law if you committed a crime and is in court then u r in law and order situation
When should a question start with 'whom'?
Whom must be the object of a verb or a preposition, as in "Whom did they suspect of committing the crime," where whom is the object of the verb suspect. In the sentence "Who, do they suspect, committed the crime," who is the subject of the verb committed. It all means the same thing, but it is structurally different.
How many felonies can you plea first offender?
"First offender" literally means the person has committed one crime and only one crime regardless if it is a misdemeanor or a felony. That being the case, the answer is of course "once".
