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  1. obligation, burden or accusation. To find a defendant not guilty in a criminal trial. ACQUITTAL - In criminal law, a finding of not guilty. In contract law, a release, absolution, or discharge from an obligation, liability, or engagement. ACTION - Case, cause, suit, or controversy disputed or contested before a court of justice.

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  2. We affirm the dismissal of Crain's spurious "petition" and the assessment of a penalty imposed by the Tax Court for instituting a frivolous proceeding. 26 U.S.C. § 6673. The government asks us to assess penalties against Crain for bringing this frivolous appeal, as is authorized by Fed. R. App. P. 38.

  3. When examining the statutory definition of “spurious document,” we must “give effect to every word and render none superfluous because we ‘do not presume that the legislature used language idly and with no intent that meaning should be given to its language.’” Baum v. Indus.

  4. Oct 18, 2023 · Probable Cause and Probable Cause Hearings in Criminal Law Cases. To make a valid arrest or get an arrest warrant from a judge, the police must have probable cause. This is a different standard from the reasonable suspicion standard required to make an initial stop.

  5. Aug 13, 2015 · Adverse inferences may be drawn by the court: omnia praesumuntur contra spoliatorem (“everything is presumed against he who destroys”). The conduct may amount to an attempt to pervert the course of justice (before disclosure) or contempt (after disclosure).

  6. Mar 3, 2022 · The requirement of pleading fraud “with particularity” carried over from English common-law requirements and was in part meant to protect against the reputational injury arising from spurious allegations of fraudulent conduct.

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  8. Apr 8, 2022 · Lower courts and SCOTUS have already clarified that prosecuting someone with malicious intent without reasonable grounds they committed a crime violates the Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable search and seizure.

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