United States v. Coolidge

Glossary

• adduced given, cited
• cognizable able to be known or recognized; in legal terms, a cognizable offense is a crime for which the police can make an arrest without a warrant
• common law law established by previous court decisions, as opposed to law established by statute
• effectuated produced, implemented, brought about
• equity and admiralty two forms of law, the first providing fair solutions to legal problems that cannot be solved by fines, monetary judgments, or incarceration and the second covering conflicts on the high seas or related to oceangoing vessels
• jurisprudence theory of law and the legal system
• writ of habeas corpus a legal document ordering that a prisoner be brought before a court to be charged with a crime, issued with the intention of preventing illegal arrests