CRIMINAL ASSAULT AND BATTERY

an attack physically that results in bodily injury that is committed by the assailant. It is proven and wilful act.

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CRIMINAL CASE

An action, suit, or cause instituted to punish an infraction of the criminal laws. State v. Smalls. 11 S. C. 279; Adams v. Ashv. 2 Bibb. (Ky.) 97; U. S. v. Three Tons of Coal, 28 Fed. Cas. 149; People v. Iron Co.. 201 III. 230. 60 N. E. 349.

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CRIMINAL CHARGE

An accusation of crime, formulated in a written complaint, information, or indictment, and taking shape in a prosecution. U. S. v. Patterson, 150 U. S. G5. 14 Sup. Ct. 20. 37 L. Ed. 999; Eason v. State, 11 Ark. 482.

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CRIMINAL COERCION

the term given to restricting unlawfully the freedom of another person by threatening to commit a criminal offense.

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CRIME , AGAINST NATURE

The offense of buggery or I sodomy. State v. Vicknair, 52 La. Ann. 1921, 28 South. 273; busman v. Veal. 10 Ind. 355, 71 Am. Dec. 331 ; People v. Williams, 59 Cal. 397.

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CRIME AGAINST NATURE

the term given to a sex perversion such as that as seen between an human and an animal or between people that is seen as being deviating from “normal”.

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CRIME COMMON-LAW

These are crimes that are committed and are punishable under common law and not crimes that have been created by statutes.

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CRIME HIGH

an unlawful act that is nearly the same as a felony but doesn’t fall into any felony category.

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CREPUSCULUM

Twilight In the law of burglary, this term means the presence of sufficient light to discern the face of a man : such light as exists immediately before the rising of the sun or directly after its setting.

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CRIME INFAMOUS

This the term that describes a major crime like treason or felony where a severe term of jail may be imposed.

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