{"id":358125,"date":"2013-01-28T16:34:14","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/dictionary\/legal-glossary\/criminal-law.html"},"modified":"2013-01-28T16:34:14","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:34:14","slug":"criminal-law","status":"publish","type":"dictionary","link":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/legal-glossary\/criminal-law.html","title":{"rendered":"Criminal Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<html> <body>  <p>Trying to decipher an acronym? Attempting to understand legal jargon? The Criminal Law glossary gives you access to definitions for the Criminal legal terminology commonly used in documents and trials. This Criminal Law glossary will help you understand the legal terms and phrases which are relevant to criminal investigations, arrests, and other areas of criminal law.<\/p>  <p>FindLaw is your starting place for help understanding the law. Start here to find resources to learn how to find an attorney, legal aid services and legal self help. Click here to find more <a title=\"Criminal Law Center\" href=\"https:\/\/www.findlaw.com\/criminal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Criminal Law legal information<\/a>.<\/p>  <\/body> <\/html><div>\n    \n        <div\n            id=\"fl-content-list-container\"\n            class=\"fl-flex fl-flex-column fl-content-list-container\"\n        >\n            \n            <ul class=\"fl-list fl-content-list fl-no-margin\" data-testid=\"fl-content-list\">\n                                    <li class=\"fl-content-list-item\" data-testid=\"fl-content-list-item\">\n                        <a title=\"Beyond A Reasonable Doubt\" href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/definition\/beyond-a-reasonable-doubt.html\" class=\"fl-content-list-item-link fl-text-bold\">\n                            Beyond A Reasonable Doubt\n                        <\/a>\n                        <div class=\"fl-content-list-item-description\">What is &#8216;Beyond A Reasonable Doubt&#8217;? 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