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ply goods to another without demanding immediate payment therefore. To attribute or designate. Resources available in the present upon a promise of subsequent repayment, usually with interest for the use of the resources. Rec ognition and respect, as in the full faith and credit which each state must accord the laws and judicial determinations of every other state under the Constitution. CREDITOR [L. creditor / a creditor (from credo, credere )] Any person to whom a debt is owed. Any person who is entitled to receive money or goods from another without further performance on his part. A general or unsecured creditor is a creditor who has no security for his debt. A secured creditor is a creditor with a security interest in the property or assets of the debtor. CRIME [L. crimen / an accusation or charge; fault, guilt, crime] Any act or failure to act which is forbidden or circumscribed by law and which subjects the actor to punishment by society. Any offense defined in a statute or at common law as a harm to an individual or to society requiring punishment. All crimes share the following basic elements: a voluntary act by the perpetrator ( actus reus ); a culpable intent or state of mind ( mens rea ); a convergence of the actus reus and the mens rea ; and resulting harm to some one or to society. The states have now codified almost all crimes, including those which existed at common law. A felony is generally a crime punishable by a prison sentence of one year or more, or by the death penalty. A misde meanor is a crime which is not defined as a felony. See ACTUS REUS; MENS REA CRIMEN [ crime; the infraction or breach with which a defendant is charged] A crime; a violation of law. CRIMEN FALSI [L. crimen + falsus, pp. of fallo, fallere / to deceive] A crime of deceit; a crime such as forgery, perjury, counterfeiting or embez zlement, involving elements of fraud or trickery. At common law, a person convicted of such a crime was prevented from testifying as a witness in any matter. See FALSI CRIMEN CRUEL, CRUELTY [L. crudelis / unfeeling, cruel (from crudus / bleeding, raw, harsh)] Capable of inflicting pain or suffering upon another. Causing harm, injury or grief. The conduct of one spouse in endangering the life, health or safety of the other, or of a parent in injuring or jeopardizing the safety of a child. Mis treatment or neglect causing injury or suffering. Cruelty is often included as

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