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Search warrant
An order issued by a judge or magistrate commanding a sheriff, constable, or other officer to search a specified location.
Restitution
Court-ordered payment to restore goods or money to the victim of a crime by the offender.
Assault
A willful attempt to illegally inflict injury on or threaten a person.
Tort
An injury or wrong committed, either with or without force, to the person or property of another, for which civil liability may be imposed.
Fraud
An intentional perversion of truth; deceitful practice or device resorted to with intent to deprive another of property or other right.
Embezzlement
The fraudulent appropriation by a person to his own use or benefit of property or money entrusted to him by another.
Allegation
The assertion, declaration, or statement of a party to an action, made in a pleading, establishing what the party expects to prove.
Manslaughter
A person recklessly causes the death of another, or acting under extreme emotional disturbance, causes the death of another, or acting under circumstances when a person reasonably believes the circumstances provide a legal justification or excuse for his conduct constitutes manslaughter.
Levy
A seizure; the obtaining of money by legal process through seizure and sale of property.
Bench warrant
An order issued by the court for the arrest of a person
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