it must be proved beyond reasonable doubt
41Sexual Offences Act 2003 — Infobox UK Legislation short title= Sexual Offences Act 2003 parliament=United Kingdom Parliament long title=An Act to make new provision about sexual offences, their prevention and the protection of children from harm from other sexual acts, and …
42Fitness to plead — In the law of England and Wales, fitness to plead is the capacity of a defendant in criminal proceedings to comprehend the course of those proceedings. Its US equivalent is competence to stand.TestIf an issue fitness to plead is raised, a judge… …
43Roman Catholicism — the faith, practice, and system of government of the Roman Catholic Church. [1815 25] * * * Largest single Christian denomination in the world, with some one billion members, or about 18% of the world s population. The Roman Catholic church has… …
44Apprendi v. New Jersey — Infobox SCOTUS case Litigants=Apprendi v. New Jersey ArgueDate=March 28 ArgueYear=2000 DecideDate=June 26 DecideYear=2000 FullName=Charles C. Apprendi, Jr. v. New Jersey USVol=530 USPage=466 Citation=120 S. Ct. 2348; 147 L. Ed. 2d 435; 2000 U.S.… …
45ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… …
46metaphysics — /met euh fiz iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. the branch of philosophy that treats of first principles, includes ontology and cosmology, and is intimately connected with epistemology. 2. philosophy, esp. in its more abstruse branches. 3. the… …
47technology, history of — Introduction the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …
48Cunningham v. California — Supreme Court of the United States Argued October 11, 2006 Decided January 2 …
49proof — n [alteration of Middle English preove, from Old French preuve, from Late Latin proba, from Latin probare to prove] 1: the effect of evidence sufficient to persuade a reasonable person that a particular fact exists see also evidence 2: the… …
50Gregg v. Georgia — SCOTUSCase Litigants=Gregg v. Georgia ArgueDateA=March 30 ArgueDateB=31 ArgueYear=1976 DecideDate=July 2 DecideYear=1976 FullName=Troy Leon Gregg v. State of Georgia; Charles William Proffitt v. State of Florida; Jerry Lane Jurek v. State of… …
