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He is not alleged to have violated any criminal law.—Dara Kam, Sun Sentinel, 7 May 2025 Federal prosecutors could invoke any number of criminal laws in a potential case involving the settlement money.—Dan Sullivan, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2025 Long career in criminal law Vigil practiced mostly criminal law in Fort Worth and in surrounding counties for 35 years.—Richard J. Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2025 Your tax attorney shouldn’t be handling your criminal law matter.—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for criminal law
: public law that deals with crimes and their prosecution compare civil law
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Substantive criminal law defines crimes, and procedural criminal law sets down criminal procedure. Substantive criminal law was originally common law for the most part. It was later codified and is now found in federal and state statutory law.
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