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Legal injury

any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right

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Civil wrong noun · 85% connection

(law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought

Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Tort law, Law.

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Tort noun · 85% connection

(law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought

Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Tort law, Law.

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Damage noun · 85% connection

any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right

Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Tort law, Law.

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Wrong noun · 85% connection

any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right

Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Tort law, Law.

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Alienation of affection noun · 84% connection

a tort based on willful and malicious interference with the marriage relation by a third party without justification or excuse

Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Tort law, Law.

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Invasion of privacy noun · 84% connection

the wrongful intrusion by individuals or the government into private affairs with which the public has no concern

Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Tort law, Law.

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Trespass noun · 84% connection

a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover dam…

Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Tort law, Law.

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Bail noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial; "the judge set ba…

Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law.

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Bail bond noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial; "the judge set ba…

Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law.

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Bond noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial; "the judge set ba…

Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law.

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Charge noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense; "he was arrested on a charge of larceny"

Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law.

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Complaint noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense; "he was arrested on a charge of larceny"

Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law.

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Condemnation noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise"

Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law.

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Conviction noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise"

Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law.

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Crime noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"

Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law.

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Criminal offence noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"

Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law.

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Criminal offense noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"

Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law.

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Insanity plea noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a plea in which the defendant claims innocence due to mental incompetence at the time

Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law.

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Appurtenance noun · 78% connection

That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage; an accessory; something annexed to another thing more worthy; in commo…