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  2. Legal psychology - Wikipedia

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    Legal psychology is a field focused on the application of psychological principles within the legal system and its interactions with individuals. Professionals in this area are involved in understanding, assessing, evaluating potential jurors, investigating crimes and crime scenes, conducting forensic investigations The term "legal psychology" distinguishes this practical branch of psychology ...

  3. Foreclosure (psychoanalysis) - Wikipedia

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    A new technical term is justified when it describes a new fact or emphasizes it. This is not the case here'. [ 5 ] Freud went on to suggest that if one wanted to 'reserve the word " Verdrängung " ["repression"] for the affect, then the correct German word for the vicissitude of the idea would be " Verleugnung " ["disavowal"]'.

  4. Animus (law) - Wikipedia

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    It is thus analogous to mens rea, a more commonly used term in common law countries. The term dates back to Roman understandings of censorship, where it referred to an author's impermissible intention in writing a literary work. [2] In Scots law, the term animus malus ("evil intention" [1]) is sometimes used. [3]

  5. Glossary of law - Wikipedia

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    Glossary of Legal Terms and Phrases. The Army Service Schools, Department of Law. 1910. Google Books. Tayler. The Law Glossary. Ninth Edition. 1889. Google Books; Frederic Jesup Stimson. Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law. Little, Brown and Company. Boston. 1881. Google Books; J Kendrick Kinney. A Law Dictionary ...

  6. Nervous shock - Wikipedia

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    In English law, a nervous shock is a psychiatric / mental illness or injury inflicted upon a person by intentional or negligent actions or omissions of another. Often it is a psychiatric disorder triggered by witnessing an accident, for example an injury caused to one's parents or spouse.

  7. Undue influence - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] It is a legal term and the strict definition varies by jurisdiction. [3] [4] Generally speaking, it is a means by which a person gains control over their victims' decision making through manipulation tactics and unfair pressure, typically for financial gain. [1] [4] Historically, UI has been poorly understood, even in some legal circles ...

  8. Lists of legal terms - Wikipedia

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    The following pages contain lists of legal terms: List of Latin legal terms; List of legal abbreviations; List of legal abbreviations (canon law) on Wiktionary: Appendix: English legal terms; Appendix: Glossary of legal terms

  9. Notorious - Wikipedia

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    Notorious means well known for a negative trait, characteristic, or action. It may also refer to: ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...