Showing posts with label procedure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label procedure. Show all posts

Monday, June 10, 2013

confrontation (in a criminal trial)

In criminal law, placing a witness face-to-face defendant. Then the witness may identify the defendant or the defendant may may make any objection he has directly to the witness and cross-examine him.

apprehension (criminal law)

The seizure or taking talking of a person on a criminal charge. The word is applied only to criminal cases.The term arrest is used in both criminal cases and civil cases.