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| a pretrial stage to hear the information or indictment and to allow a plea |
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| in a felony case, a pretrial stage at which a judge determines whether there is probable cause |
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| a justification for punishment that implies repayment for an offense committed |
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| money paid or services provided by a convicted offender to victims, their survivors, or the community to make up for the injury inflicted |
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| a entence with a fixed minimum and maximum term of incarceration, rather than a set period |
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| the number of days deducted from a sentence by prison authorities for good behavior or for other reasons |
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| sentencing in which a specified number of years of impriosnment is provided for particular crimes |
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| the authority of a court to hear and decide cases |
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| the court system in the united states, consisting of one system of state and local courts and another system of federal courts |
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| the authority of a court to hear a case when it first brought to court |
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