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A body type originally described as thin and fragile, with long, slender, poorly muscled extremities, and delicate bones.
Industry:Sociology
A body of unwritten judicial opinion originally based upon customary social practices of anglo-saxon society during the middle ages.
Industry:Sociology
A behavioral predisposition that disproportionately favors criminal activity.
Industry:Sociology
1. An explanation that accounts for a set of facts and that can be tested by further investigation. . . , 2. Something that is taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation.
Industry:Sociology
Reduces criminal penalties associated with the personal possession of a controlled substance (drug. )
Industry:Sociology
Eliminates the laws and associated criminal penalties that prohibit the production, sale, distribution, and possession of a controlled substance (drug. )
Industry:Sociology
(bbs) a computer accessible by telephone used like a bulletin board to leave messages and files for other users.
Industry:Sociology
(literally, "our thing") a term signifying organized crime, and one of a variety of names for the "mafia," the "outfit," the "mob," the "syndicate," or "the organization. "
Industry:Sociology
(1) a violation of the criminal law, or, in some jurisdictions, (2) a minor crime, such as jaywalking, sometimes described as "ticketable
Industry:Sociology
