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ABERRATIO ICTUS – mistake in the blow.

ABET – encouraging or inciting a crime; abet usually
applies to aiding an individual in the violation of a
law.

ABEYANCE – in expectation, remembrance and
contemplation of law.

ABOLITIONISM – a political and criminological
perspective that advocates the radical
transformation of modern punishment forms with
a more reflexive and multifaceted approach
capable of better understanding dominant
ideological constructions of crime.

ABORTION – is the willful killing of the fetus in the
uterus, or violent expulsion of the fetus from the
natural womb and which results to the death of the
fetus.

ABRAHAM MASLOW – an American psychologist
who was best known for creating Maslow's
hierarchy of needs, a theory of psychological health
predicated on fulfilling innate human needs in
priority, culminating in self-actualization.

ABRASION – a wound characterize by the removal of
the superficial layer of the skin brought about by
friction against a hard rough surface.

ABRASION – in ballistic examination, they are
scratches caused by using improper cleaning
materials or by firing ammunition with bullets to
which abrasive material was adhering.

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