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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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isoenzyme

Legal services; DNA forensics

Multiple forms of enzymes arising from genetically determined differences in primary structure. The term does not apply to those derived by modification of the same primary ...

John Doe warrant

Legal services; DNA forensics

A warrant used when crime scene evidence yields a DNA profile but the individual corresponding to the DNA profile is unknown. In lieu of the suspect's name, the warrant will be ...

junk DNA

Legal services; DNA forensics

Stretches of DNA that do not code for genes; "most of the genome consists of junk DNA."

juror nondisclosure

Legal services; DNA forensics

A prospective juror's failure or refusal to reveal something that either might be or is required to be revealed.

jury instructions

Legal services; DNA forensics

An instruction given by the court to a jury at the conclusion of presentation of all evidence in a trial, and after the lawyers' closing arguments, to advise the jury of the law ...

Justice for All Act 2004

Legal services; DNA forensics

Provides for post-conviction DNA testing for federal prisoners with Actual Innocence claims for whom DNA testing may produce evidence of innocence. The act also creates grants to ...

keratin

Legal services; DNA forensics

Any of the various sulphur-containing fibrous proteins that form chemical basis for keratinized epidermal tissues such as hair, nails, feathers, and horns of animals.