Glossary
When it comes to some of the vocabulary used in PeopleFinders reports—and throughout the PeopleFinders site—the meaning may go deeper than you think (as in, how it's used legally versus how it's used in everyday conversation). Or there may actually be subtle differences between terms that you thought were synonymous. Not sure what a certain legal term or other public records term really means?
- Administrative Office of the Courts
- Arraignment
- Arrest
- Arson
- Assault
- Bail
- Burglary
- Civil Records
- Conviction
- Criminal Records
- Custodial Parent
- Defendant
- Definition of Acquit
- Department of Corrections
- Embezzlement
- Federal Criminal Records
- Felony
- Fraud
- Guilty
- Indictment
- Innocent
- Jail
- Judgment
- Larceny
- Lawsuit
- Lien
- Marriage License
- Misdemeanor
- Mugshot
- Murder
- Not Guilty
- People Search
- Plaintiff
- Public Phone Records
- Public Property Records
- Registered Sex Offenders
- Robbery
- Sex Offender Database
- Tax Lien
- Traffic Ticket
- Vandalism
- Violent Crimes
- Warrant