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Today's Terms
Battery
Definition:
Actual physical violence, whether serious or minor, inflicted on a person. (A mere threat is called assault, whereas the completed act is called battery)
Allegation
Definition:
The assertion, declaration, or statement of a party to an action, made in a pleading, establishing what the party expects to prove.
Miranda rule
Definition:
The rule, pronounced in Miranda v. Arizona, that confessions are inadmissible in a criminal prosecution if the police do not advise the suspect in custody of certain rights before questioning.
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