FAIR WARNING

By SovConn | June 3, 2015

 

fair warning.Criminal law. The requirement that a criminal statute define an offense with

enough precision so that a reasonable person can know what conduct is prohibited and so that a

reasonably skilled lawyer can predict what conduct falls within the statute’s scope. — Also termed

fair notice. [Cases: Criminal Law 13.1(1). C.J.S. Criminal Law § 26.][Blacks Law 8th]

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