NCCC 21 Part 2 - Terms Used in Constitutional and Criminal Law
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19 Terms
Forgery
The fraudulent making or altering of a writing whereby the rights of another might be prejudiced.
Abortion
The act of stopping a pregnancy.
Extortion
The corrupt demanding or receiving by a person in office of a fee for services that should be performed gratuitously.
Pornography
Material or conduct that shows or describes some kind of sexual activity and is designed sexually arouse people.
Polygamy
The state of having several wives or husbands at the same time.
Miscegenation
Marriage between people of different races.
Bigamy
The state of a man who has two wives, or of a woman who has two husbands, living at the same time.
Sodomy
Oral or anal copulation. An act that some state statutes still describe as an “abominable and detestable crime against nature.” Sodomy is a crime when it is included in sexual assault statutes.
Larceny
At common law, the wrongful taking and carrying away of personal property of another with the intent to steal.
Arson
The willful and malicious burning of the dwelling house or structure.
Homicide
The killing of a human being by a human being.
Coercion
Compelling someone to do something by threat or force.
Bribery
The giving or receiving of a reward to influence any official act.
Mayhem
At common law, violently depriving others of the use of such members (leg, arm, hand, foot, eye) as may render them less able to fight or defend himself or herself.
Fornication
Sexual intercourse between two unmarried persons.
Adultery
Voluntary sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than that person’s spouse, or by an unmarried person with a married person.
Incest
Sexual intercourse between people who are related, by consanguinity or affinity, in such a way that they cannot legally marry.
Burglary
At common law, the breaking and entering of a dwelling house of another, in the nighttime, with intent to commit a felony inside.
Embezzlement
The fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom it has been entrusted.