Federal Crimes Law and Legal Definition
Federal crime means those acts that are made criminal or illegal by federal law and prosecuted in federal courts. For instance, kidnapping is a federal crime. Most federal crimes are listed in Title 18 of the United States Code, but some fall under other title. For example, tax evasion is made a federal crime under Title 26 of the United States Code. It is also called as federal offense. The power to investigate federal crime is granted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Legal Definition list
- Federal Credit Union
- Federal Credit Instrument [Aeronautics and Space]
- Federal Court System
- Federal Court Jury
- Federal Court for Disability Reconsideration Appeals
- Federal Crimes
- Federal Crop Insurance Act
- Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
- Federal Debt
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Federal Deposit Insurance Fund
Related Legal Terms
- Accompanying the Federal Government Outside the United States
- Active Voters [Federal Elections]
- Actuarial Documents [Federal Crop Insurance Corporation]
- Actuarially Appropriate [Federal Crop Insurance Corporation]
- Administrative Committee of the Federal Register
- Administrative Governor [Federal Reserve System]
- Advisory Councils of Federal Reserve System
- Agent [Federal Elections]
- Aggregate Federal Share of Compensation
- Allotment from Federal Employee
