mint weed
Street name, slang, or code word for phencyclidine (PCP).
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minutiae
Pertaining to friction ridge identification, events along a ridge path, including bifurcations, ending ridges, and dots.
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Miranda warning
Refers to the constitutional requirement that once an individual is detained by the police, there are certain warnings a police officer is required to give to a detainee (www.
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misdemeanor
An offense punishable by one year of imprisonment or less.
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missed exclusion
Pertaining to friction ridge identification, the failure to make an exclusion when in fact the friction ridge impressions are non-mated (includes false positive, non-consensus inconclusive and non-consensus no value).
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missed individualization
Pertaining to friction ridge identification, the failure to make an individualization when in fact both friction ridge impressions are are mated (includes false negative, non-consensus inconclusive and non-consensus no value).
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missing persons
Persons whose whereabouts are unknown to family or friends following an incident.
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