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misdemeanor

An offense punishable by one year of imprisonment or less... Read More

Miss Emma

Street name, slang, or code word for morphine... Read More

miss girl

Street name, slang, or code word for methamphetamine... Read More

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)... Read More

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)... Read More

missing persons

Persons whose whereabouts are unknown to family or friends following an incident... Read More

mist

Street name, slang, or code word for phencyclidine (PCP)... Read More

Mister Blue

Street name, slang, or code word for morphine... Read More

mistrial

An invalid trial, caused by fundamental error... Read More

mitochondrial DNA

1) A small, circular DNA molecule located in the mitochondria that contains approximately 16,500 nucleotides in humans; the abundance of hundreds of copies of mtDNA in each cell makes it useful with samples originating from limited or damaged biological material... Read More

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