The following are some essential Criminal Law terms (without descriptions) listed in alphabetical order:

 

Accessory

Accessory After the Fact

Actual Cause of Cause in Fact

Actus Reus

Affray

Arson

Assault

Attempt

Battery

Bestiality

Blackmail

Breach of Peace

Bribery

Buggery

Compounding the Crime

Conspiracy

Constructive Presence

Defense of Entrapment

Defense of Infancy

Defense of Involuntary Intoxication

Defense of Mistake of Fact

Defense of Mistake of Law

Defense of Others

Defense of Prevention of a Crime

Defense of Privilege of Public Authority

Defense of Property

Defense of Self-Defense

Defense of Unconsciousness

Defense of Voluntary Intoxication

Deliberation

Embezzlement

Embracery

Extortion

False Imprisonment

Felony

First Degree Murder

Forgery

Homicide

Insane Delusion

Kidnapping

Larceny

Larceny by Trick or Deceit

Malice Aforethought

Malum in Se

Malum Prohibitum

Manslaughter

Mayhem

Mens Rea

Misdemeanor

Misprision of Felony

Murder

Obtaining Property by False Pretenses

Perjury

Premeditation

Principal in the First Degree

Principal in the Second Degree

Proximate Cause

Rape

Receiving Stolen property

Riot

Robbery

Rout

Second Degree Murder

Sodomy

Solicitation

Statutory Arson

Statutory Rape

Subornation of Perjury

The Corpus Delicti

The Diminished Capacity Test (aka the Wells-Gorshen Rule)

The Doctrine of Contributory Causes

The Durham Rule (aka the Product Rule)

The Intended Results Doctrine

The Irresistible Impulse Test

The M’Naughten Rule or the Right vs. Wrong Test of Insanity

The Substantial Capacity Test of Model Penal Code Test

Unlawful Assembly

Uttering

Willful