CRIMINAL JUSTICE: Criminal Law Vocabulary List

FUNDAMENTALS OF CRIMINAL LAW VOCABULARY

Anticipatory Search Warrant

Appellate Jurisdiction

Adjudication

Adversary Proceeding

Arraignment

Arrest

Arrest Warrant

Booking

Common Law

Consent Search

Contraband

Corroborate

Court of General Jurisdiction

Court of Limited Jurisdiction

Indictment

Mitigating Circumstances

Extenuating Circumstances

Preponderance of The Evidence

Deposition

Subpoena

Summons

Derivative Evidence

Direct Examination

Double Jeopardy

Dual Sovereignty Doctrine

Vicarious Liability

Voir Dire

Exigent Circumstances

Extradition

Capacity

Fresh Pursuit

Good-Faith Exception

Parole 

Probation

Habeas Corpus

Restitution

Revocation Hearing

Recidivism

Reciprocity

Hearsay Evidence

Grand Jury

Hot Pursuit

Age of Consent

Charge

Chain of Evidence

Charge

Circumstantial Evidence

Challenge For Cause

Inevitable Discovery

Conclusive Evidence

Misdemeanor

Felony

Initial Appearance

Immunity

Probable Cause

Fraud

Larceny

Fourth Amendment

Fifth Amendment

Sixth Amendment

Eight Amendment

Fourteenth Amendment

Multiplicitous Indictment or Information

Penal Code

Fruits of the Poisonous Tree

Concurrent Sentences

Consecutive Sentences

Intermediate Sentences

Birfucated Hearings

Prosecutorial Delusions

Malicious Prosecution

Code of Criminal Procedure

Plain Touch Doctrine

Class A misdemeanor

Class B misdemeanor

Class C misdemeanor

First Degree Felony

Second Degree Felony

Third Degree Felony

State Jail Felony

Plain View Doctrine

Plea

Plea Bargaining

Writ of Certiorari