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Federal Criminal Law Outline

criminal law


the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment


Criminal law, or penal law, is the bodies of rules with the potential for severe impositions as punishment for failure to comply. Criminal punishment, depending on the offense and jurisdiction, may include execution, loss of liberty, government supervision (parole or probation), or fines.


A system of law concerned with the punishment of those who commit crimes


Criminal Law is a film directed by Martin Campbell, released in 1989.


A law belonging to this system

federal


Having or relating to a system of government in which several states form a unity but remain independent in internal affairs


national; especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units; "the Federal Bureau of Investigation"; "federal courts"; "the federal highway program"; "federal property"


a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War


Of, relating to, or denoting the central government as distinguished from the separate units constituting a federation


Of, relating to, or denoting the central government of the U.S


of or relating to the central government of a federation; "a federal district is one set aside as the seat of the national government"

outline


A line or set of lines enclosing or indicating the shape of an object in a sketch or diagram


A general plan giving the essential features but not the detail


sketch: describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of; "sketch the outline of the book"; "outline his ideas"


the line that appears to bound an object


A line or set of lines of this type, perceived as defining the contours or bounds of an object


draft: draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech"