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opportunity, presence of the accused at the scene
of the crime.

CONCUBINAGE – any husband who shall keep a
mistress in the conjugal dwelling, or, shall have
sexual intercourse, under scandalous
circumstances, with a woman who is not his wife,
or shall cohabit with her in any other place.

CONCURRENT – means running together.

CONDITIONING – a psychological principle which
holds that the frequency of any behavior can be
increased or decreased thru reward, punishment
and or other association with other stimuli.

CONDUCTION – It is the transfer of heat by
molecular activity with a material or medium,
usually a solid.

CONE – the reduction of diameter in a barrel where
the chamber joins the bore.

CONFABULATION – in hypnosis, the subject's
fabrication of recollections to fill in gaps in his or
her actual memory.

CONFESSION – is an express acknowledgment by
the accused in a criminal prosecution of the truth
of his guilt as to the offense charged, while
admission refers to statements of fact not directly
constituting an acknowledgment of guilt.

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT – a person who gives
information violate of the law to includes crimes
and criminals.

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