Glossary
A
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Absolute grounds for reversal
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Abuse of power by a public official
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Access to case files
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Accessory
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Accomplice
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Accomplice liability
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Accused (defendant)
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Acquittal
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Active remorse
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Address for service in Poland
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Age of criminal responsibility
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Aggravated Assault
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Aggravating circumstances
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Aiding an offender
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Anonymous witness
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Anti-money laundering (AML)
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Appeal
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Application to the European Court of Human Rights
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Arson
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Assault on a public official
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Asset forfeiture
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Asylum application
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Attempt to commit a crime
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Attorney-client privilege
C
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Cannabis cultivation
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Cassation appeal
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Causing a traffic accident
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Central Anticorruption Bureau (CBA)
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Central Bureau of Investigation (CBŚP)
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Chain of custody
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Circumstantial evidence
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Code of Criminal Procedure
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Code of Petty Offences
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Coercion
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Commercial bribery
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Compensation for wrongful conviction
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Compliance program under the ALCE Act
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Compulsory sampling from a suspect
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Conditional discontinuation of proceedings
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Conditional Early Release
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Conditional suspension of sentence
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Conditions of detention
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Confession
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Confiscation of assets
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Confrontation of witnesses
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Consent to surrender (simplified EAW procedure)
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Constitutional complaint
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Consular notification
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Continuous offence
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Conviction
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Copyright piracy
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Corporate criminal liability (ALCE Act)
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Costs of criminal proceedings
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Counterfeit goods offences
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Counterfeiting of currency
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Court-appointed defense counsel
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Credit fraud
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Crime report
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Crime scene inspection
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Criminal damage
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Criminal defamation
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Criminal intent (mens rea)
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Criminal negligence
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Crown witness
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Cumulative sentence
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Custody
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Customs smuggling
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Cybercrime
D
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Defense counsel
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Defense of Necessity
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Deferral of sentence execution
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Deportation process
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Deprivation of liberty
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Detention center
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Digital evidence
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Diminished responsibility
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Diplomatic assurances
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Discontinuation of proceedings
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Domestic Violence
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Domestic violence
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Double criminality
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Drinking alcohol in public
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Driving ban
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Drug manufacturing
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Drug Possession
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Drug trafficking
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DUI offense
E
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Electronic monitoring (SDE)
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Embezzlement
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Entrapment
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Environmental crime
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Espionage
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European arrest warrant
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European Investigation Order (EIO)
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European Protection Order
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European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO)
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Exclusionary rule
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Expedited proceedings
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Expert witness
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Exposing a person to danger
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Expungement of conviction
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Extended confiscation
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Extortion
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Extradition arrest
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Extradition hearing
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Extraordinary complaint
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Extraordinary mitigation of sentence
I
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Identity theft
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Illegal border crossing
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Illegal enrichment
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Illegal gambling
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Illegal possession of firearms
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Illegal stay
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Immunity from prosecution
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Imprisonment
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In absentia trial
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In dubio pro reo
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Incitement
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Indictment
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Inducement
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Informant
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Injured Party
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Insanity (lack of criminal responsibility)
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Insider trading
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Insult
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Insulting religious feelings
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Interim measure (Rule 39 ECtHR)
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Interlocutory appeal
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Internal corporate investigation
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Internal Security Agency (ABW)
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Interpol Blue Notice
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Interpol Diffusion
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Interpol Green Notice
P
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Pardon (clemency)
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Parole
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Passport retention
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Penal measures
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Penal order
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Penalty of restriction of liberty
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Penalty ticket (mandat)
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Perjury
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Personal surety
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Phishing
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Plea bargain
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Police detention (48-hour detention)
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Police Interview
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Police supervision
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Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF)
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Polish Penal Code
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Political offense exception
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Polygraph examination
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Possession with intent to distribute
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Pre-trial Detention
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Preparatory proceedings
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Presentation for identification
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Presentation of charges
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Presumption of innocence
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Preventive measures
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Private prosecution
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Probation
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Probation officer
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Proceeds of crime
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Prohibition of reformatio in peius
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Property bond
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Protective measures
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Public prosecutor
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Punishable Threat
R
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Ransomware attack
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Rape
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Recidivism
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Recognition of foreign judgments
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Reconstruction of the crime (procedural experiment)
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Red Notice (Interpol)
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Refugee status
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Removal order
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Removal proceedings
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Reopening of proceedings
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Restitution of a procedural time limit
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Right to a fair trial
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Right to an interpreter
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Right to refuse to testify
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Right to silence
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Robbery
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Rule of specialty
S
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Schengen Information System (SIS II)
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Schengen visa
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Search and Seizure
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Service of process abroad
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Sexual abuse of a minor
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Shell company (criminal use)
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Small crown witness
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Speeding offence
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Stadium ban
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Stalking
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Status of Forces Agreement (NATO SOFA)
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Statute of limitations in criminal cases
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Subsidiary prosecutor
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Summons to appear
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Suspect (procedural status)
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Suspension from professional duties
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Suspension of criminal proceedings