Criminal law

Study collection by Jude Estrada

165. CONCLUSIONARY QUESTION - a question which asks for an opinion which the witness is not qualified or permitted to answer. 166. CUMULATIVE QUESTION asked and answered. - a question which has already been 167 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - It is a generic term used to describe the network of laws and rules which govern the procedural administration of criminal justice 168. CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE - The authority particular offense and impose punishment for it. to hear and decide a 169. SUBJECT MATTER - cases of the general class where the proceedings in question belong as determined by the nature of the offense and the penalty imposed by law. 170 TERRITORY - the geographical limits of the territory over which the court presides and where the offense was committed 171. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION - It is an inquiry or proceeding to determine whether there is sufficient ground to engender a well-founded belief that a crime has been committed and the respondent is probably guilty thereof, and should be held for trial. 172 ARREST- The taking of a person in custody in order bound to answer for the commission of an offense that he may be 173 HOT PURSUIT ARREST - when an offense has just been committed and he has probable cause to believe based on personal knowledge of facts or circumstances that the person arrested has committed it 174. BAIL - The security given for the release of a person in custody of the law, furnished by him or a bondsman, to guarantee his appearance before any court as required under the conditions of law. 175 ARRAIGNMENT - The initial step in a criminal prosecution whereby the defendant is brought before the court to hear the charges and to enter a plea 176. EVIDENCE - sanctioned by the rules, for ascertainment in a judicial proceeding, the truth, respecting a matter of fact.

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