This controlled vocabulary originally categorized the topical pages.
The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) was established in 1933 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, to consolidate and regulate border patrol activities, oversee enforcement, and to supervise the immigration process.
Immunity from prosecution is a legal protection granted to a person that shields them from criminal prosecution for a particular offense or set of offenses.
To impanel is to select and assign a jury for the purpose of deciding a case, also known as empanel. The usual steps of impaneling may include:
To imprison means to confine or physically restrict one’s personal liberty, usually in a jail or prison. As a penalty of violating a criminal law, imprisonment varies differently from federal to state.
In limine is a Latin term meaning "at the threshold". A motion in limine is a pretrial motion asking that certain evidence be found inadmissible, and that it not be referred to or offered at trial.
In contrast to admissible evidence, inadmissible evidence is evidence that may not be introduced to a factfinder (usually the judge or jury) to prove the party’s claim. Fed. R. Evid. 103(d).
