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GPSTC Test 1 Study Guide (latest Update2024)
Abet - Correct Answer ✅(v.) to encourage, assist, aid,
support (especially in something wrong or unworthy)
Affirmative defense - Correct Answer ✅I did it but... or self
defense.
A response to a plaintiff's claim that does not deny the
plaintiff's facts but attacks the plaintiff's legal right to bring
an action. An example is the running of the statute of
limitations.
Felony - Correct Answer ✅Crime punishable by death, life
imprisonment or imprisonment for more than 12 months
Another - Correct Answer ✅A person or persons other than
the accused
Aggravation - Correct Answer ✅n. The fact of being made
heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune,
etc.
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Alibi - Correct Answer ✅a claim or piece of evidence that
one was elsewhere when an act, typically a criminal one, is
alleged to have taken place.
Amenable - Correct Answer ✅(adj.) willing to follow advice
or authority, tractable, submissive; responsive; liable to be
held responsible
Burden of proof - Correct Answer ✅the obligation to
present evidence to support one's claim
Coercion - Correct Answer ✅the practice of persuading
someone to do something by using force or threats
Conspiracy - Correct Answer ✅a secret agreement
between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
Conviction - Correct Answer ✅A fixed or strong belief or
opinion
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Crime - Correct Answer ✅An act against the law
Criminal attempt - Correct Answer ✅Act or omission
constituting a substantial step in a course of conduct planned
to culminate in the commission of a crime.
Culpability - Correct Answer ✅a state of guilt
Deadly weapon - Correct Answer ✅Any instrument, which
by its contemplated design or by the manner it is used, is
readily capable of causing substantial bodily harm or death.
Delusional compulsion - Correct Answer ✅
Common Law - Correct Answer ✅(civil law) a law
established by following earlier judicial decisions
Constitution - Correct Answer ✅A document which spells
out the principles by which a government runs and the
fundamental laws that govern a society. 7 Articles
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