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Dartmoor Prison
Dartmoor Prison, a British prison in Prince Town, Devonshire. It is near the wild, elevated Dartmoor plateau.
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Desertion, in law, the act of abandoning a person, an obligation, or a station.
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Detective, a person employed to make investigations. A detective on a police force usually belongs to a plain-clothes division and is involved in crime investigation.
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Domestic Violence, verbal or physical abuse of one member of a household by another.
See more »Double Jeopardy
Double Jeopardy, in law, being subjected twice to prosecution or punishment for the same offense.
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Draft Evasion, the avoidance of induction into compulsory military service. Legal as well as illegal means have been used to avoid the draft.
See more »Ducking Stool
Ducking Stool, a device once used for punishing women guilty of abusive speech.
See more »Electrocution
Electrocution, death caused by passage of an electric current through the body.
See more »Embezzlement
Embezzlement, in law, the crime of taking for one's own use goods or money held in trust for another.
See more »Exile
Exile, the forcing of a person to leave his or her country or the voluntary absence of a person to escape punishment or persecution.
See more »Extenuating Circumstances
Extenuating Circumstances, in law, facts that may be presented to a court to lighten the penalty placed on a person convicted of a crime.
See more »Extortion
Extortion, in common law, an act of a public official who uses his or her position to obtain money or property illegally.
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Extradition, the surrender by a country or state of a person accused of a crime in another country or state.
See more »False Imprisonment
False Imprisonment, the unlawful restraint or detention of a person against his will.
See more »Felony
Felony, a serious crime. A less serious crime is called a misdemeanor. The definition of a felony varies from state to state, but such crimes as murder, rape, arson, kidnapping, and robbery are always classed as felonies.
See more »Fifth Column
Fifth Column, a name given to enemy agents or disloyal persons working within their own country to undermine its will to resist an outside enemy.
See more »Fine
Fine, in law, a sum of money paid by a person convicted of a crime as all or part of the punishment imposed by the court.
See more »Forfeiture
Forfeiture, in law, the loss, without compensation, of property or legal rights as punishment or penalty for violating a law or for failure to fulfill a contract.
See more »Forgery
Forgery, in law, the act of falsely making or altering a signature, document, or work of art for the purpose of fraud or deceit.
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Fraud, in law, a general term for any scheme or method used by one person to gain an unfair advantage over another.
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