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  2. Cognisable offence - Wikipedia

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    The police can file a first information report (FIR) only for cognisable offences. In cognizable cases police can make an investigation without prior permission of a magistrate. Cognizable cases are more serious than non-cognizable cases. [3] Normally, serious offences are defined as cognizable and usually carry a sentence of 3 years or more. [4]

  3. First information report - Wikipedia

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    A first information report (FIR) is a document prepared by police organisations in many South and Southeast Asian countries, including Myanmar, India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, when they receive information about the commission of a cognisable offence, or in Singapore when the police receive information about any criminal offence. It generally ...

  4. Citizen's arrest - Wikipedia

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    A citizen's arrest is an arrest made by a private citizen – a person who is not acting as a sworn law-enforcement official. [1] In common law jurisdictions, the practice dates back to medieval England and the English common law, in which sheriffs encouraged ordinary citizens to help apprehend law breakers.

  5. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    Florida logs reports of serious incidents that occur inside its juvenile prisons, but the state does not maintain a database that allows for the analysis of trends across the system. HuffPost obtained the documents through Florida’s public records law and compiled incident reports logged between 2008 and 2012.

  6. Information (formal criminal charge) - Wikipedia

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    An information is a formal criminal charge which, depending upon the jurisdiction, either begins or continues a criminal proceeding in the courts. The information is one of the oldest common law pleadings (first appearing around the 13th century), and is nearly as old as the better-known indictment, with which it has always coexisted.

  7. Law of Florida - Wikipedia

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    Florida Administrative Register from the Florida Department of State Local ordinance codes from Public.Resource.Org Case law: "Florida" , Caselaw Access Project , Harvard Law School, OCLC 1078785565 , Court decisions freely available to the public online, in a consistent format, digitized from the collection of the Harvard Law Library

  8. Community service register - Wikipedia

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    A community service register is a register maintained in every Indian police station for a non-cognisable offence. If the offence is a cognisable offence, then a First Information Report (FIR) is created and registered. A CSR is also called a daily diary report or diary report.

  9. The U.S. Bill of Rights. Article Three, Section Two, Clause Three of the United States Constitution provides that: . Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of Impeachment, shall be by Jury; and such Trial shall be held in the State where the said Crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, the Trial shall be at such Place or Places as the Congress may by Law have ...