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  • Anti-Racketeering Act

    See Hobbs Act….

  • Fraud

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Fraud Meaning of Fraud In widest sense, the term denotes an infraction of the rules of fair dealing. while it is impossible to find a definition of fraud to embrace all f.r.s. that it may adopt , for it […]

  • Money

    In strict technical sense, coined metal, usually gold or silver, upon which the government stamp has been impressed to indicate its value . The term is invariably used to denote any currency , tokens, bank notes or other circulating medium in general use as the representative of […]

  • Bribery

    The corruption of any coercion . See U.S. v Adcock, 558 F.2d397.

  • Value

    Value

    The utility of an object in direct or indirect relation to the needs or desires of human beings. In this sense it is known as value in use. It also means the power of purchasing other goods or services which the possession of that object conveys, in which sense it is called value in exchange.…

  • Consent

    The deliberate assent amounting to an active acquiescence . An act of reason, accompanied with deliberation, the mind weighing, as in the balance , the good or evil of either side. To constitute consent, there must be a bargain between two parties . See People v Westek, 109 […]

  • Consent

    The deliberate assent amounting to an active acquiescence . An act of reason, accompanied with deliberation, the mind weighing, as in the balance , the good or evil of either side. To constitute consent, there must be a bargain between two parties . See People v Westek, 109 […]

  • Force

    Power in motion or action ; strength directed to an end; used as synonymous with violence in the context of assault . A person may use as much force as is reasonable in the circumstances in the prevention of crime , or in the affecting or assisting in the lawful arrest of […]

  • Other

    Different or distinct from that already mentioned, additional or further. Ordinarily, the term is used in the context of a class of things and has to be read ejusdem generis