Legal Definitions

law-and-legal

In everyday language, "run over him" describes a person or vehicle striking someone with enough force to cause injury or death. The phrase commonly refers to a collision involvi...

law-and-legal

To be held in captivity is to be confined or detained without lawful authority or against one’s will, removing the ability to leave a defined space. This can occur in prisons,...

Relationships

In ordinary conversation, "robbing from my Love Island girlfriend" may describe taking shared money without permission or a dramatic relationship conflict. In law, robbery is a...

law-crime

In ordinary usage, a fancy piece of homicide refers to a killing that is especially egregious, deliberate, or legally aggravated compared with ordinary manslaughter or negligent...

crime-and-justice

A murderer is a person who unlawfully kills another human being with required mental state and actus reus under a given jurisdiction’s criminal law. Legal elements typically i...