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Criminal case

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-001408

A legal proceeding initiated by the government against an individual or entity accused of violating a criminal law. The objective is to determine guilt or innocence and, if guilty, to impose a penalty. Unlike civil cases, which resolve private disputes, criminal cases involve offenses against society as a whole.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-001408
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-001408",
  "term": "Criminal case",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A legal proceeding initiated by the government against an individual or entity accused of violating a criminal law. The objective is to determine guilt or innocence and, if guilty, to impose a penalty. Unlike civil cases, which resolve private disputes, criminal cases involve offenses against society as a whole.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/criminal-case/"
}

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