Alaska Statutes 12.40.050 – Holding to answer as affecting indictment or presentment
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 12.40.050
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
- person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
The grand jury may indict or present a person for a crime upon sufficient evidence, whether that person has been held to answer for the crime or not.