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SUSPECT—A person who is suspected of a crime but
who has not been formally charged with its
commission by the preferral of charges.
SUSPENSION—Action by proper authority to
withhold the execution of a punishment for a
probationary period pending good behavior on the
part of the accused.
TESTIMONY—Statements made by a witness, under
oath, before a court or hearing.
THREAT—An avowed present determination or intent
to injure the person, property, or reputation of
another presently or in the future.
TOLL—To suspend or interrupt the running of.
TORT—A private civil wrong or injury committed
against a person or property and is independent of
any contract.
TRIAL COUNSEL—The person who prosecutes a
case in the name of the government.
TRUE OWNER—The person who, at the time of the
taking, obtaining, or withholding of property, had
the superior right to possession of the property
involved in the light of all conflicting interests
therein involved in the particular case.
TYPE WARRANTED BY SERVICE RECORD
DISCHARGE—Characterization of service is
determined by the final average in performance and
conduct marks and the final average of the marks in
personal behavior.
USAGE—A general habit, mode, or course of
procedure.
UTTER—To make any use of, or attempt to make any
use of, an instrument known to be false by
representing, by words or actions, that it is genuine.
VERBATIM—In the exact words, word for word.
VOIR DIRE—Prelinlinary examination of court
members to determine their competency to sit on the
court.
WAIVER—A voluntary or intentional giving up of a
known right.
WANTON—Behavior of such a highly dangerous and
inexcusable character as to exhibit a callous
indifference or total disregard for the probable
consequences to the personal safety or property of
other persons; heedlessness.
WILLFUL—Deliberate, voluntary, and intentional, as
distinguished from acts committed through
inadvertence, accident, or ordinary negligence.
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