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guilty

(Adj)—deserving blame; responsible for a specified wrongdoing.

classic

(Adj)—judged over a period of time to be of the highest quality and outstanding of its kind.

criminal

(Adj)—relating to crime.

civil

(Adj)—relating to ordinary citizens and their concerns.

liable

(Adj)—responsible by law; legally answerable.

fair

(Adj)—treating everyone equally and according to the rules or laws.

jury

(N)—a body of people (typically twelve in number) sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court.

verdict

(N)—a decision on a disputed issue in a civil or criminal case; an opinion or judgment.

Testimony

(N)—a formal written or spoken statement; a form of evidence.

Prosecutor

(N)—a lawyer who conducts the case against the defendant in a criminal court.

Emotion

(N)—a natural instinctive state of mind deriving from one's circumstances, mood, or relationships with others.

Defendant

(N)—a person or entity being sued in a court of law.

Plaintiff

(N)—a person who brings a case against another in a court of law.

logic

(N)—a proper or reasonable way of thinking about or understanding something; the way facts or events follow or relate to each other.

judge

(N)—a public official appointed to decide cases in a court of law.

mood

(N)—a temporary state of mind or feeling.

Perspective

(N)—a way of thinking about and understanding something (such as a particular issue or life in general).

Descriptor

(N)—a word or expression used to describe or identify something.

feeling

(N)—an emotion state or reaction.

thought

(N)—an idea or opinion produced by thinking, or occurring suddenly in the mind; one's specific attention.

Bailiff

(N)—an official in a court of law who keeps order or looks after prisoners.

bias

(N)—prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

evidence

(N)—the available body of facts or information.

state

(N)—the civil government of a country.

culture

(N)—the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.

society

(N)—the people of a particular country, area, time, etc., thought of especially as an organized community.

reasoning

(N)—the process of thinking about something in a logical way in order to form a conclusion or judgment.

acquitted

(V)—free from a criminal charge by verdict of not guilty.


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