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CRIMINAL CAPACITY

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Being of sufficiently sound mind so that one may be found guilty of committing a crime, such as being of a certain age and having sufficient mental faculties to understand the difference between right and wrong. … [Read more...]

CRIME AGAINST NATURE

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The offense of buggery or I sodomy.  It is a crime not fit to be named; peccatum horrible, inter christianos non nominandum. See Sodomy. … [Read more...]

CRIMINAL CASE

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A lawsuit that charges a person with the commission of a crime and which may be filed by federal, state or local government. … [Read more...]

CRIME IN MORAL TURPITUDE

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A crime which shows a moral depravity that would make one unworthy of being within the United States under immigration law. It is conduct that is considered contrary to community standards of justice, honesty or good morals. … [Read more...]

CRIMINAL CHARGE

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An accusation of crime formulated in a written complaint information or indictment and taking shape in a prosecution. … [Read more...]

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