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ACTUAL LOSS – This is a showing that the plaintiff or injured party has undergone some loss of property or other thing of value by reason of fraud, forgery, or other illegal action. For the crime of forgery the existence of a specific intent to defraud is an essential element; however, there is no requirement of actual loss to complete the crime.
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ct. on of sending a person to a penal or mental institution. 2. The order directing. n officer to take a person to a penal or mental institution.COMMITMENT ORDER - A court order directing that an individu. l be kept in custody, usually in a penal or mental facility.COMMON LAW - The legal system that.
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A grand jury is a jury—a group of citizens—empowered by law to conduct legal proceedings, investigate potential criminal conduct, and determine whether criminal charges should be brought. A grand jury may subpoena physical evidence or a person to testify. A grand jury is separate from the courts, which do not preside over its functioning. [1]
In some places, instead of grand juries, or in addition to the grand jury, there is a preliminary hearings (sometimes called probable cause hearings) that both the defense and prosecution attend. The purpose is similar to the grand jury: to decide whether the prosecutor has enough proof to charge a person with a crime.
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There are also grand juries impaneled in many of the states, but those grand juries investigate only state crimes; they derive their authority from the constitutions, laws, and rules of court of the states where they are impaneled. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE GRAND JURY. The grand jury has a long and honorable tradition.
