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What does acquit mean?
Acquitted means being declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime.
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 Perjury - is it a term from Shakespeare?
Perjury is a crime. It means lying when under oath eg when in court. It was not invented by Shakespeare.
What does stood trial mean?
It means was tried before a court of law, to establish whether the defendant is guilty of a crime
Can a person who live in California but commits a drug crime via federal express to Abilene TX be tried in Lubbock Tx when he had no contact whatsoever to Lubbock?
Yes, federal crime means you are tried in federal court. Any federal court
What does jeopardy is attached mean?
It criminal matters it normally means that you can not be tried for that crime because the matter was already before the court
When a person is sentenced by the court it means the?
They have been found guilty of the crime. The court will then set the sentence for the offender. It can be jail or prison time or may be a fine or restitution or even a combination of these.
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
What US district court would hear a federal crime?
The district court in the jurisdiction for which the crime was alleged to have been committed.
Can you pay a ticket be fore going to court of possession enstnument of crime?
Do you have to go to court or can you pay off your ticket before you go to court on possession instrument of crime
Where do military people go to get put on trial?
If a member of the military commits a crime, they will be court-martialed. This means they must go to a special military court to have a trial instead of a civilian court. The entire trial will then be conducted by the military itself.
