Terms about the end of a criminal case and the survivals of older procedure: conviction, diversion from prosecution, the court of oyer and terminer, abatement ab initio when an appellant dies, the hue and cry and the outlaw's caput lupinum. A doctrine belongs here when its cited article describes a stage after trial or a historical criminal procedure. It excludes protections of the accused during trial.
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Abatement ab initio (Wikipedia)
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Abatement ab initio (Latin for "from the beginning") is a common law legal doctrine that states that the death of a defendant who is appealing a criminal conviction extinguishes all criminal proceedings initiated against that defendant from indictment through conviction.
Conviction (Wikipedia)
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In law, a conviction is the determination by a court of law that a defendant is guilty of a crime.
Diversion program (Wikipedia)
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A diversion program, also known as a pretrial diversion program or pretrial intervention program, in the criminal justice system is a form of pretrial sentencing that aims to remedy the behavior leading to the arrest.
Hue and cry (Wikipedia)
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In common law, a hue and cry is a process by which bystanders are summoned to assist in the apprehension of a criminal who has been witnessed in the act of committing a crime (cf. in flagrante delicto).
Oyer and terminer (Wikipedia)
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In English law, oyer and terminer (; a partial translation of the Anglo-French oyer et terminer, which literally means 'to hear and to determine') was one of the commissions by which a judge of assize sat.
Caput lupinum (Wikipedia)
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The terms were used in medieval England to designate a person pronounced by the authorities to be a dangerous criminal, who could thus be killed without penalty.
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