Law

This weeks word is Law

What is Law?
body of official rules and regulations, generally found
in constitutions, legislation, judicial opinions, and the
like, that is used to govern a society and to control the
behaviour of its members.

Law serves a variety of functions. Laws against crimes,
for example, help to maintain a peaceful, orderly,
relatively stable society.

Criminal Law
branch of law that defines crimes and fixes punishments
for them. Also included in criminal law are rules and
procedures for preventing and investigating crimes and
prosecuting criminals, as well as the regulations governing
the constitution of courts.

Criminal Procedure legal system for determining the guilt
or innocence of a person accused of a crime. Attorney
In law, any person authorized by another to represent
him or her. An agent who has been granted express
authority to bind his or her principal is called an attorney.
The term “attorney at law” is used in the United States to
denote a legal adviser or representative in all manner
of business.

Courts
branch of government established to administer the
civil and criminal law. Civil and Criminal courts deal
with cases arising from infractions of the civil law and
the criminal law, respectively. Courts with special,
limited jurisdictions are known by the names of those
jurisdictions. For example, probate or surrogate’s courts
are tribunals dealing with the probate of wills and the
disposition of estates. The judicial organs of military
establishments are called military courts. They have
jurisdiction over infractions by military personnel.
Admiralty courts have jurisdiction over cases arising
from maritime contracts and from violations of maritime
law. Other courts are designated by the territorial limits
of their jurisdictions.

military courts
The judicial organs of military establishments are called
military courts. They have jurisdiction over infractions
by military personnel.Also there are Lawyers Called
Military Lawyers.

Crime
commission of an act or act of omission that violates
the law and is punishable by the state. Crimes are
considered injurious to society or the community,
as distinguished from torts and breach of contract.
Supreme Court of the United States, highest court
in the national judiciary of the United States, possessing
the authority to lay down the terms of its appellate
jurisdiction.

The FBI’s profiling unit, part of its National Center for
the Analysis of Violent Crime, advises law enforcement
officers, most often local police investigators, in cases
of unsolved serial and violent crimes.Since 1930, the
FBI has served as a national clearing house for crime
statistics through its Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR)
programme.

The National Crime Information Center (NCIC), located
in Clarksburg, West Virginia, is a computerized database
of information on crime and criminals.Defense, Department
of (United States), executive branch of the United States
government, popularly known as the Pentagon, created by
Congress in 1949.