Bill of Rights

Glossary

• capital crime a serious crime where life or limb has been taken
• construed understood to mean; interpreted
• Counsel an attorney or lawyer
• disparage to not consider very important; to lessen the meaning of something
• due process a process of steps where everyone is treated equally and all have a chance to speak
• enumeration a listing of a number of things
• Grand Jury a group of people who listen to evidence and decide if enough evidence is present to charge someone with a crime prior to trial
• infamous crime crime or series of crimes by a person with an evil reputation
• presentment act of presenting a statement of action to an authority, as in a grand jury to a judge
• probable cause legal term referring to a police officer's reasonable belief that someone has committed a crime
• redress a remedy