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Today's Terms
Burglary
Definition:
The unlawful breaking into or entering of a building or dwelling with the intent to commit a serious crime or theft.
Fourteenth Amendment
Definition:
Among other matters, the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from depriving any person of life, liberty, or property without adequate due process.
Battery
Definition:
Actual physical violence, whether serious or minor, inflicted on a person. (A mere threat is called assault, whereas the completed act is called battery)
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