Lemmas found: 54
A search operation performed by police or another authority to find concealed items or evidence.
The act of deliberately ending a person's life, usually to relieve severe and incurable suffering.
An agreement or order to stop fighting, usually temporarily or for a specified period.
The questioning of a witness by the opposing lawyer or party after the witness has given evidence, intended to test or challenge that evidence.
The legal justification for using force to protect oneself or another person from an imminent unlawful attack.
The right or ability of a person, group, or nation to make its own choices and govern itself without outside control.
The right or ability of a people, region, or political community to govern itself without external control.
the physical act a crime requires
acquiring title by occupying land openly for long enough
the standard of proof required to convict
the rule that a buyer bears the risk of a purchase
an intermediate standard of proof, above the civil one
the bar on relitigating an issue already decided
proof that the crime charged actually occurred
a binding promise in a deed or contract
the bar on trying someone twice for the same offense
the fair procedure the state owes before depriving anyone of rights
a right to use another's land for a purpose
the state's power to take private property for public use
the guarantee that law applies alike to those alike situated
the pausing of a limitations period for fairness
a bar preventing someone contradicting an earlier position
the rule barring illegally obtained evidence from trial
absolute and inheritable ownership of land
a killing during a felony, charged as murder without intent
the power to decline a case better heard elsewhere
evidence tainted by the illegal search that produced it
co-ownership where a survivor takes the whole
the loss of a claim through unreasonable delay in bringing it
an interest in property lasting for a lifetime
notice that litigation affecting a property is pending
the guilty state of mind a crime requires
an agreed plea in exchange for a reduced charge or sentence
an issue the courts leave to the political branches
the civil standard of proof: more likely than not
a showing sufficient to proceed unless rebutted
the reasonable ground required for a search or arrest
enforcement of a promise relied on to the promisee's detriment
an official's protection from suit for acts not clearly unlawful
recovery of the reasonable value of services rendered
something given in return for something
the reasoning essential to a decision, which binds later courts
the lower ground justifying a brief investigative stop
the inference of negligence from an accident that speaks for itself
the bar on relitigating a claim already finally decided
an employer's liability for acts of its employees
a burden on land for the benefit of another's land
the state's protection from being sued without consent
the deadline after which a claim can no longer be brought
the most demanding standard of constitutional review