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Today's Terms
Battery
Definition:
Actual physical violence, whether serious or minor, inflicted on a person. (A mere threat is called assault, whereas the completed act is called battery)
Fraud
Definition:
An intentional perversion of truth; deceitful practice or device resorted to with intent to deprive another of property or other right.
Fourth Amendment
Definition:
The 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects every person against unreasonable search and seizure by government officials.
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