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Crimey
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CrimeyIn the US penitentiary slang, a best friend or co-defendant.
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Penitentiary
A prison for the punishment of convicts.
Co-defendant
One who is made defendant in an action with another person.
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Crime
An act or omission which is prohibited by criminal law. Each state sets out a limited series of acts (crimes) which are prohibited and punishes the commission of these acts by a fine, imprisonment or some other form of punishment. In exceptional cases, an omission to act can constitute a crime, such as failing to give assistance to a person in peril or failing to report a case of child abuse.
Crime against nature
Sodomy.
Crime of passion (jail)
In the US penitentiary slang, a prisoner serving time on a sex crime.
Crimen falsi
Civil law, crime. It is a fraudulent alteration, or forgery, to conceal or alter the truth, to the prejudice of another. This crime may, be committed in three ways, namely: 1) By forgery. 2) By false declarations or false oath, perjury. 3) By acts; as, by dealing with false weights and measures, by altering the current coin, by making false keys, and the like.
Criminal
Relating to, or having the character of crime
Criminal attorney
Normally refers to an attorney dealing with criminal law, although technically speaking a criminal attorney might also be an attorney who is a criminal.
Criminal conversation
Criminal law. This phrase is usually employed to denote the crime of adultery.
Criminal defense attorney
An attorney who has specialized in defending individuals who have been accused of a criminal offense.
Criminal insanity
Lack of mental capacity to do or abstain from doing a particular act; inability to distinguish right from wrong.
Criminal justice system
The network of courts and tribunals which deal with criminal law and its enforcement.
Criminal law
Body of law that deals with disputes or actions involving criminal penalties, it regulates the conduct of individuals, defines crimes, and provides punishment for criminal acts.
Criminal lawyer
A lawyer who specializes in criminal law cases and litigation.
Criminal legal advice
Legal advice about a criminal case.
Criminal letters
An instrument in Scotland, which contains the charges against a person accused of a crime.
Criminal summons
An order commanding an accused to appear in court.
Crimination
The act by which a party accused, is proved to be guilty.
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Code 21
In the US penitentiary slang, masturbation.
Corner (prison)
In the US penitentiary slang, a corner is defined by who a man hangs out with. That's his corner.
Count (prison)
In the US penitentiary slang, the institutional count, repeated at different times in the day. Everything stops while prison staff make sure no one is missing.
Cowboy (prison)
"In the US penitentiary slang, a new officer. Spelled backwards, its ""yobwoc:"" young, obnoxious, bastard we often con."
Crime of passion (jail)
In the US penitentiary slang, a prisoner serving time on a sex crime.
Crimey
Cabotage
A French term, also used in English, to refer to the coasting trade. Cabotage is often governed by statutes, requiring, for example, that only ships flying the flag of the coastal state concerned may engage in the coasting trade between ports of that state, unless "waivers" are obtained from the government of the state.
Cadastre
A term derived from the French, which has been adopted in Louisiana, and which signifies the official statement of the quantity and value of real property in any district, made for the purpose of justly apportioning the taxes payable on such property.
Cadet
A younger brother, one trained up for the army or navy.
Cadi
The name of a civil magistrate among the Turks.
Cadit quaestio
(United Kingdom) The matter admits of no further argument.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Penitentiary
A prison for the punishment of convicts.
Co-defendant
One who is made defendant in an action with another person.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Crime
An act or omission which is prohibited by criminal law. Each state sets out a limited series of acts (crimes) which are prohibited and punishes the commission of these acts by a fine, imprisonment or some other form of punishment. In exceptional cases, an omission to act can constitute a crime, such as failing to give assistance to a person in peril or failing to report a case of child abuse.
Crime against nature
Sodomy.
Crime of passion (jail)
In the US penitentiary slang, a prisoner serving time on a sex crime.
Crimen falsi
Civil law, crime. It is a fraudulent alteration, or forgery, to conceal or alter the truth, to the prejudice of another. This crime may, be committed in three ways, namely: 1) By forgery. 2) By false declarations or false oath, perjury. 3) By acts; as, by dealing with false weights and measures, by altering the current coin, by making false keys, and the like.
Criminal
Relating to, or having the character of crime
Criminal attorney
Normally refers to an attorney dealing with criminal law, although technically speaking a criminal attorney might also be an attorney who is a criminal.
Criminal conversation
Criminal law. This phrase is usually employed to denote the crime of adultery.
Criminal defense attorney
An attorney who has specialized in defending individuals who have been accused of a criminal offense.
Criminal insanity
Lack of mental capacity to do or abstain from doing a particular act; inability to distinguish right from wrong.
Criminal justice system
The network of courts and tribunals which deal with criminal law and its enforcement.
Criminal law
Body of law that deals with disputes or actions involving criminal penalties, it regulates the conduct of individuals, defines crimes, and provides punishment for criminal acts.
Criminal lawyer
A lawyer who specializes in criminal law cases and litigation.
Criminal legal advice
Legal advice about a criminal case.
Criminal letters
An instrument in Scotland, which contains the charges against a person accused of a crime.
Criminal summons
An order commanding an accused to appear in court.
Crimination
The act by which a party accused, is proved to be guilty.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Code 21
In the US penitentiary slang, masturbation.
Corner (prison)
In the US penitentiary slang, a corner is defined by who a man hangs out with. That's his corner.
Count (prison)
In the US penitentiary slang, the institutional count, repeated at different times in the day. Everything stops while prison staff make sure no one is missing.
Cowboy (prison)
"In the US penitentiary slang, a new officer. Spelled backwards, its ""yobwoc:"" young, obnoxious, bastard we often con."
Crime of passion (jail)
In the US penitentiary slang, a prisoner serving time on a sex crime.
Crimey
Cabotage
A French term, also used in English, to refer to the coasting trade. Cabotage is often governed by statutes, requiring, for example, that only ships flying the flag of the coastal state concerned may engage in the coasting trade between ports of that state, unless "waivers" are obtained from the government of the state.
Cadastre
A term derived from the French, which has been adopted in Louisiana, and which signifies the official statement of the quantity and value of real property in any district, made for the purpose of justly apportioning the taxes payable on such property.
Cadet
A younger brother, one trained up for the army or navy.
Cadi
The name of a civil magistrate among the Turks.
Cadit quaestio
(United Kingdom) The matter admits of no further argument.
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