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2. Criminal charge - Wikipedia

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   A criminal charge is a formal accusation made by a governmental authority (usually a public prosecutor or the police) asserting that somebody has committed a crime. A charging document, which contains one or more criminal charges or counts, can take several forms, including: complaint; information; indictment; citation; traffic ticket

3. Private prosecution - Wikipedia

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   Ohio state law allows private citizens to file an affidavit to support criminal charges. [47] However, the actual prosecution is limited to the state. [48] Only prosecutors can present a criminal case to a grand jury. State law was further amended in 2006 to bar judges from issuing arrest warrants in private prosecution cases. [49]

4. Personal jurisdiction over international defendants in the ...

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   Many of these jurisdictional "hooks" can even reach conduct that affected the domestic citizen when the citizen was beyond his or her domestic borders. There are five such doctrines: [2] The territorial principle is the most important and widely used. It is the idea that a state may claim jurisdiction over persons and events inside its own ...

5. Grand juries in the United States - Wikipedia

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   A grand jury investigating the Arcadia Hotel fire in Boston, Massachusetts in December 1913.. Grand juries in the United States are groups of citizens empowered by United States federal or state law to conduct legal proceedings, chiefly investigating potential criminal conduct and determining whether criminal charges should be brought.

6. Jay-Z's alleged sexual assault: Can rap mogul face criminal ...

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   Jay-Z "unlikely" to face criminal charges for the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl. The rap mogul was named in a civil lawsuit filed by a woman alleging he raped her 24 years ago.

7. The FAA asks the FBI to consider criminal charges against 22 ...

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   The FAA can seek fines of up to $37,000 against unruly passengers, but it lacks authority to file criminal charges; that is why the agency refers some cases to the FBI.