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The services involving law-related matters such as the issuing of legal opinion,filing and pleading, as well as the issuing and defending of law suits among many others.

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CODIS core loci

Legal services; DNA forensics

Thirteen STR (short tandem repeat) sequences that have been selected for the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS).

cold hit

Legal services; DNA forensics

When CODIS recognizes a match between an offender and forensic profile, it is referred to as a "cold hit."

collection

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The process of identifying, documenting, gathering, and packaging or retaining physical evidence.

compulsory process

Legal services; DNA forensics

. Method by which a person sought as a witness is forced to appear before the court. Compulsory process encompasses not only a subpoena, which is a command to appear at a ...

confrontation clause

Legal services; DNA forensics

The Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that "in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right...to be confronted ...

combined paternity index (CPI)

Legal services; DNA forensics

Odds ratio that depicts the likelihood of the alleged father being the biological father, in comparison to the likelihood of a random unrelated man in the population being the ...

comparison microscope

Legal services; DNA forensics

Two microscopes joined by an optical bridge to present a split-view, side-by-side comparison of two specimens; for example, two hairs on separate slides.