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• Crime


  Any act considered as wrong or that violates the standard norm of the society
• Act


  • There must be an overt bodily movement
• Law


  The system of rule embodied by different principles that bind the practice or action concerning human conduct
• Ways crime can be committed

  • Through an act performed by the offender that is in contrary or violates the law
  • Through omission by which the offender fails to perform a certain action as required by law
• Felony


  Crimes that violate the Revised Penal Code (Act 3815)
• Offense


  Acts which were defined as crime as a result of the special law enacted by legislatures
• Misdemeanor


  Minor violations or infractions not tantamount to serious injuries or damages
• Special law


  Those that identify an act as a crime (mala prohibita) as a result of enactment of the laws as crafted by congress in the form of Republic Acts
• Revised penal code


  Acts as crime, in which by nature are wrong or evil (mala in se) as well as provide their nature, penalty, and elements. Some of these crimes include murder, homicide, theft, and robbery
• Offender


  Any person accused or otherwise charged of a crime either through an act of omission
• Investigation


  The systematic examination to crack and solve an allegation
• Allegation


  The contention that someone had committed a crime
• Overt


  it can be seen or observed.