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Today's Terms
Diversion
Definition:
Procedures for handling relatively insignificant juvenile problems informally, without referral to Juvenile Court. In criminal cases, the formal continuance of a case for a certain length of time, usually a year, with the goal of dismissal if the defendant meets certain conditions.
Mitigating circumstance
Definition:
A circumstance that may be considered to reduce the degree of moral culpability, although it does not entirely justify or excuse an offense.
Bind over
Definition:
A judge's decision to hold a criminal defendant for trial.
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