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a facility (1) employing at least two full-time employees who are qualified DNA analysts and (2) having and maintaining the capability to perform the DNA analysis on database and/or known samples at that facility.
- Browse Related Terms: CODIS administrator, Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), database, Database sample, Discipline, Laboratory, Laboratory support personnel, NDIS, Offender, Reagent blank control
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a detailed final review of the case file documentation. A member other than the assigned analyst must conduct the Laboratory Director case file review on all case files.
- Browse Related Terms: Administrative (or Laboratory Director) Case File Review, Analyst, Analytical Data, Audit, Case File, Case Record, Laboratory Director (or Administrative) Case File Review, Notes, Technical Casework Review
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ADFS members with specific laboratory responsibilities.
- Browse Related Terms: Certificate of Analysis, Certified Reference Material, Crime scene, Desirable, Essential, Evidence Submission Form, Fire Debris, Integrated Ballistics Information System (IBIS), Known Standard, Laboratory Personnel, Operations Manual, Peer, protocol, Quality, Scene, Submission, Submitting Agency, Technical Operations, Turnaround Time
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a member of a laboratory system that is managed by, but is physically separated from, a parent or regional laboratory.
- Browse Related Terms: Administrative documentation, Ballistics, chain of custody, Corroborating evidence, Crime/Forensic Laboratory, Drug Standards Inventory, Evidence Inventory, Laboratory Satellite, Laboratory System, Property Inventory
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employees who perform laboratory duties exclusive of analytical techniques on database and/or known samples.
- Browse Related Terms: CODIS administrator, Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), database, Database sample, Discipline, Laboratory, Laboratory support personnel, NDIS, Offender, Reagent blank control
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an organization containing at least two physically separate laboratory facilities that are independently managed under the control of a single superior in the chain of command.
- Browse Related Terms: Administrative documentation, Ballistics, chain of custody, Corroborating evidence, Crime/Forensic Laboratory, Drug Standards Inventory, Evidence Inventory, Laboratory Satellite, Laboratory System, Property Inventory
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anything that has been torn roughly for example: a rough cut.
- Browse Related Terms: false negative, false positive, Good Analytical Practice, Lacerations, method, Trace Evidence, Traceability
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When Congress (or either chamber) reconvenes in an even-numbered year following the November general elections to consider various items of business. Some lawmakers who return for this session will not be in the next Congress. Hence, they are informally called "lame duck" Members participating in a "lame duck" session.
- Browse Related Terms: "lame duck" session, caucus, chaplain, Congressional Record, executive session, joint meeting, joint session, legislative session, Session
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Usually refers to a network of computers in a single building or other discrete location.
A network of computers that generally spans a small area, such as a single building.
- Browse Related Terms: architecture, Backbone, file transfer, Firewall, Groupware, Host, LAN (Local area network), Local area network, MAC Address, Network Gear, Network Operating System, Neural Network, subnet address, System Administrator (sys admin, sys op), System administrator (sysadmin, sysop)
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The image is represented on the page or monitor such that the width is greater than the height.
- Browse Related Terms: aspect ratio, Bi-Tonal, Continuous Tone, De-shading, Dithering, Gray Scale, Grayscale, Halftone, Landscape Mode, Obstruction of Justice, PackBits, RLE (Run Length Encoded), Scale-to-Gray, TIFF Group III (compression)
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The date when a patent is no longer enforceable in a jurisdiction due to a failure to pay renewal (maintenance) fees. Often, the patent can be reinstated if appropriate fees are paid within a limited period after the lapse date.
- Browse Related Terms: Annuity, Fee, Filing, Fee, Issue, Fee, Maintenance, Fee, Petition, Filing Fee, Forfeited Application, Issue Fee, Lapse Date, maintenance, Maintenance Fee, maintenance fees, Renewal Fee, Small Entity
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A gift made in a will to a person who has died prior to the will-maker's death.
- Browse Related Terms: Bequeath, Bequests, Codicil, Disclaim, Ex dono, Lapsed gift, obinson-Patman Act, Self-incrimination, privilege against
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Obtaining property by fraud or deceit.
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Same as an optical CD, except 12 in diameter.
- Browse Related Terms: Ablate, CD-ROM, Compact Disc (CD), DAD (Digital Audio Disc), Disc mirroring, DVD (Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc), Erasable Optical Drive, HD (High Density), Juke-Box, jukebox, Laser Disc, MAPI Mail Near-Line, Mastering, Near-Line Data, Optical Discs, Phase Change, Physical Ddisc, Rewriteable Technology, volume
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A beam of light hits an electrically charged drum and causes a discharge at that point. Toner is then applied which sticks to the non-charged areas. Paper is pressed against the drum to form the image and is then heated to dry the toner. Used in laser printers and copying machines.
- Browse Related Terms: Backfiles, Content Comparison, Document Management System, Electrostatic Printing, Field (or Data Field), Laser Printing, microfiche, PAGE, Rotary Camera, Scanning Services
This is when the plaintiff does not return to the court, at least three days before the hearing, proof of proper service. The Court may dismiss the case based on late return.
- Browse Related Terms: Affirmative Defense, Amend, Amended Complaint, Amended Pleading, answer, complaint, Defective Service, Denial, Late Return, Motion to Dismiss, Pleadings, Service, Substitute Service, Summons
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The time it takes to read a disc (or jukebox), including the time to physically position the media under the read/write head, seek the correct address and transfer it.
- Browse Related Terms: ESDI (Enhanced Small Device Interface), IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics), Latency, Optical Jukebox, Paper Discovery, SCSI (Small Computer System Interface), Splatter, WORM (Write Once Read Many), WORM Discs
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Latent or ambient data are deleted files and other data that are inaccessible without specialized forensic tools and techniques. Until overwritten, these data reside on media such as a hard drive in unused space and other areas available for data storage.
- Browse Related Terms: Ambient Data, Archive, Deleted Data, Deleted File, Deleted files, Deleted Files and Data, Deletion, disposition, Forensic Computer Expert, Forensic Copy, Latent Data, Pointer, Residual Data, Unallocated Space
A latent print expert examines all types of fingerprints found at a crime scene, whether visable or not. The three categories of fingerprints include: latent, plastic, and contaminated. Latent fingerprints are the invisible prints made by the deposit of oils or perspiration from the friction ridges of one's fingers onto another substance. Plastic prints are those fingerprints impressed into easily malleable surfaces -- like plasticine or putty. Contaminated fingerprints are the result of material transfers, such as liquid blood, from the fingers to a surface.
- Browse Related Terms: alcohol / DUI, arson / explosives, Attorney, crime scene investigation (CSI) / reconstruction, DNA / Serology, drug identification / toxicology, firearms / toolmarks identification, latent prints, Trace Evidence
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The combination of those rules and principles of conduct promulgated by legislative authority, derived from court decisions and established by local custom.
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