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Charges dismissed

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-000939

A court order or decision that terminates a criminal case against a defendant without a conviction. A dismissal can occur for many reasons, including insufficient evidence, a violation of the defendant's constitutional rights, or a prosecutor's motion to drop the case. A case dismissed "with prejudice" cannot be refiled, whereas a dismissal "without prejudice" permits the prosecutor to bring the same charges again later.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-000939
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-000939",
  "term": "Charges dismissed",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A court order or decision that terminates a criminal case against a defendant without a conviction. A dismissal can occur for many reasons, including insufficient evidence, a violation of the defendant's constitutional rights, or a prosecutor's motion to drop the case. A case dismissed \"with prejudice\" cannot be refiled, whereas a dismissal \"without prejudice\" permits the prosecutor to bring the same charges again later.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/charges-dismissed/"
}

Record 760 of 5,439 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.