SEARCH WARRANT

(A) A warrant signed by a judge ordering the owners of private property owners to allow police to enter and search for items named in the warrant. The warrant will not be issued unless the judge is convinced there is probable cause for the search, that the facts and reliable evidence indicates that it is more likely than not a crime has occurred and that the relevant items … [Read more...] about SEARCH WARRANT

Criminal Law: In gathering evidence, law enforcement may conduct a search of a person or premises to find tangible evidence of a crime and seize the evidence for presentation at trial. The Fourth and Fifteenth Amendment require that any such search and seizure must be reasonable. Law enforcement will usually require a warrant but may conduct limited searches, such as a pat … [Read more...] about SEARCH AND SEIZURE

(A) crim. law. An examination of a man's house, premises or person, for the purpose of discovering proof of his guilt in relation to some crime or misdemeanor of which be is accused. 2. The constitution of the United. States, amendments, art. 4, protects the people from unreasonable searches and seizures. 3. By the act of March 2, 1799, s. 68, 1 Story's L. U. S. 632, it is … [Read more...] about SEARCH

In French law. A session; as of some public body. … [Read more...] about SEANCE

(Seamen's Fund) By the act of July 16, 1798, a provision is made for raising a fund for the relief of disabled and sick seamen: the master of every vessel arriving from a foreign port into the United States is required to pay to the collector of customs at the rate of twenty cents per month for every seaman employed on board of his vessel, which sum he may, retain out of the … [Read more...] about SEAMENS FUND