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  1. 2. a formal accusation initiating a criminal case, presented by a grand jury and usually required for felonies and other serious crimes.
  2. 3. the obligation to offer evidence that the court or jury could reasonably believe, in support of a contention, failing which the case will be lost.
  3. 6. of one mind; in complete agreement; agreed.
  4. 8. a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.
  5. 9. court order banning reporters, attorneys, and other parties involved in a case before a court of law from reporting on or publicly disclosing anything relating to the case.
  6. 10. reasonable ground for a belief, as, in a criminal case, that the accused was guilty of the crime, or, in a civil case, that grounds for the action existed: used especially as a defense to an action for malicious prosecution.
  7. 11. an authoritative command, message, or signal by which one is summoned.
  8. 13. a reckless attack with intent to injure seriously
  9. 14. protects against abuse of government authority in a legal procedure
  10. 15. the finding or answer of a jury given to the court concerning a matter submitted to their judgment.
  11. 16. the statement or declaration of a witness under oath or affirmation.
  12. 17. the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
  13. 19. to examine by questions intended to check a previous examination; examine closely or minutely.
  14. 20. a person, company, etc., against whom a claim or charge is brought in a court
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  1. 1. utilized by law enforcement to make you aware of your rights as a US citizen.
  2. 4. the subjecting of a person to a second trial or punishment for the same offense for which the person has already been tried or punished.
  3. 5. a jury that cannot agree on a verdict.
  4. 7. the crime of wrongfully causing the death of another human being
  5. 10. the willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry.
  6. 12. judicial deliverance from a criminal charge on a verdict or finding of not guilty.
  7. 18. a person, as a complainant or chief witness
  8. 21. an offense, as murder or burglary, of graver character than those called misdemeanors, especially those commonly punished in the U.S. by imprisonment for more than a year.