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Basic Legal Vocabulary
The typography uses a difference in the size of the letters to indicate which syllable of the word is stressed. Illustrative sentences are put in italics.
guilty
adj. Found beyond a reasonable doubt to have committed a crime. [opp. – innocent]
You find someone guilty (or innocent).
To find the men guilty of theft of government property, the jury had to determine the property was worth more than $1,000.
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