| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Booking | The process of photographing, fingerprinting and recording identifying data of a suspect. This process follows the arrest. |
| Brief | A written statement prepared by one side in a lawsuit to explain to the court its view of the facts of a case and the applicable law. |
| Burden of Proof | In the law of evidence, the necessity or duty of affirmatively providing a fact or facts in dispute on an issue raised between the parties in a lawsuit. The responsibility of proving a point or points; standard of proof indicades the degree to which the point must be proven. For example, in a ciril case the burden of proof rests with the plaintiff, who must establish his/her case by such standards of proof as a preponderance of evidence or clear and convincing evidence. |
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