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Secretary of State that “an existing constitutional...</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <span class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/wex/absentee_ballot">absentee ballot</a></h2> </span> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <span class="field-content"><p dir="ltr">Absentee ballots, also known as absentee votes or mail-in votes, are paper ballots that are submitted before election day, usually by mail, by voters who are unable to vote in person at their designated polling place. The specific...</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <span class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/wex/absolute_disparity">absolute disparity</a></h2> </span> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <span class="field-content"><p dir="ltr">Absolute disparity is a calculation used to analyze a claim that a jury pool did not represent a fair cross-section of the community. For instance, a jury pool that is composed of only white jurors in a community that is predominantly Black....</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <span class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/wex/absolute_privilege">absolute privilege</a></h2> </span> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <span class="field-content"><p dir="ltr">Absolute privilege, in defamation cases, refers to the fact that in certain circumstances, an individual is immune from liability for defamatory statements.</p> <p dir="ltr">Absolute privilege applies to statements made in certain contexts...</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <span class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/wex/abstention">abstention</a></h2> </span> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <span class="field-content"><p dir="ltr">The abstention doctrine is an authority that precludes federal courts from hearing cases within its jurisdictions, instead, giving state courts authority over the case. The policy behind this doctrine is rooted in federalism, and the interest...</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <span class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/wex/accused">accused</a></h2> </span> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <span class="field-content"><p dir="ltr">A person who has been arrested for or formally charged with a crime is referred to as "the accused." It is another name for the defendant in a criminal case.</p> <p dir="ltr">The case of State v. Jefferson (1996), explains that a person...</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <span class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/wex/acquittal">acquittal</a></h2> </span> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <span class="field-content"><p dir="ltr">An acquittal is a resolution of some or all of the factual elements of the offense charged. The trier of fact, whether the jury or the court, must render a verdict of finding not guilty of the charged offense. A not guilty finding is an...</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <span class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/wex/adequate_and_independent_state_grounds">adequate and independent state grounds</a></h2> </span> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <span class="field-content"><p dir="ltr">Adequate and independent state grounds refers to the standard used by the Supreme Court to determine if it will hear a case from a state court. The Supreme Court will hear a case from a state court only if the state court judgment is...</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even views-row-last"> <span class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/wex/adequate_remedy">adequate remedy</a></h2> </span> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <span class="field-content"> <p dir="ltr">An adequate remedy is one that affords complete relief with reference to the particular matter in controversy and which is appropriate given the circumstances of the case. 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