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Serious Injury
Serious Injury and International Trade Resources See Also injury
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Spinal Cord Injury
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Spinal Cord Injury
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Birth Injury
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Brain Injury
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Perjury
Criminal Law: Crimes Against Government: PerjuryIntroduction to PerjuryA common law misdemeanor, perjury is now generally classified as a statutory felony. Perjury is defined as willfully giving a false statement while under oath concerning a material matter in a judicial proceedin…
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Jury Charge
Trial Trial by Jury Summations and the Jury ChargeIntroduction to Jury ChargeIn the United StatesAt the conclusion of the case, it is customary for both sides to make their summations, which consist of comment by counsel with regard to the testimony of the various witnesse…
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Jury Selection
Trial Trial by Jury Jury SelectionIntroduction to Jury SelectionIn the United StatesThe procedure usually followed in the trial of either a civil or criminal action is as follows. A panel of jurors is convened in the court in which the case is to be tried; the names of pro…
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Grand Jury History
Introduction to Grand Jury HistoryThe institution of the grand jury has been important in history as a bulwark against tyranny. Despite the existence of the grand jury in England as far back as the 12th century, the Crown also enjoyed the right of initiating criminal prosecutions, and the a…
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Grand Jury Types
Grand Jury Types and FunctionIntroduction to Grand Jury TypesA grand jury generally consists of 24 persons, of whom not more than 23 or fewer than 12 are sworn, 12 being the smallest number of jurors that may make a presentment. At its discretion, a court may select a foreperson fr…
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Differences between a Grand jury and a Trial jury
Differences between a Grand jury and a Trial jury The following table contrasts a typical grand jury with a trial jury (again, some specifics, such as the number of jurors, will vary from State to State): Grand Jury Trial Jury What is determined? whether to charge whether to convict Prosecution’s burden of proof probable…
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Interference
Interference as an U.S. State Statute Topic This term is one of the topics in some U.S. State Statutes. Other topics of the World Encyclopedia of Law which are topics of some State Statures are: Licensed Public Accountants (Topic) Guardians Ad Litem (Topic) Biological Warfare […]
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Judicial Review
Introduction The U.S. case Marbury v. Madison (1803) held that the power of a court to decide what is the meaning of the American Constitution was implicit in an independent judiciary. This power of judicial review in the U.S. was a unique feature of the U.S. constitutionalism well into the […]