Law
15 ideas, each explained on one page with a 60-second lesson you can play right there.
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Alcohol by volume
Alcohol by volume measures the ethanol in a beverage, defined by pure ethanol volume over total solution volume at 20 °C.
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Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is a formal court process that helps insolvent people and businesses wipe out or reorganize debt rather than face ruin.
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Controlled Substances Act
The Controlled Substances Act established the federal five-tier drug scheduling system and unified US drug regulation under the DEA and FDA.
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DARVO
DARVO stands for Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender.
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Debt collection
Debt collection is the process of pursuing payments of money or other agreed value owed by a person or business to a creditor.
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Eyewitness identification
Eyewitness identification is a powerful courtroom tool, but misidentifications account for over 75% of convictions overturned by DNA.
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False confession
A false confession is an admission of guilt for a crime that the person did not actually commit.
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Fingerprint
A fingerprint is an impression left by the raised friction ridges on the skin of a human finger.
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Forensic entomology
Forensic entomology is the study of insects and other arthropods to gather legal evidence for civil and criminal cases.
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Garnishment
Garnishment allows creditors to take money directly from a debtor's employer or bank to satisfy an unpaid debt or legal judgment.
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Investigative genetic genealogy
How police use consumer DNA databases and distant relatives to build family trees that identify criminal suspects and unidentified victims.
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Locard's exchange principle
Locard's exchange principle is the rule that whenever two objects make physical contact, they transfer material between them.
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Payday loan
A payday loan is a small, short-term unsecured loan designed to be repaid in full when the borrower receives their next paycheck.
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Ponzi Schemes
Ponzi schemes are investment frauds that generate zero real profit, paying early backers using deposits taken from newer victims.
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Usury
Usury is the practice of lending money at interest rates that are unfairly high or exceed legal limits.