Adultery: Infidelity; having sexual relations with someone other than one's husband or wife.
Affidavit: A written declaration made under oath; a written statement sworn to be true before someone legally authorized to administer an oath.
AKA: Also Known As; an alias.
AOE-COE: Arising Out of Employment- Course of Employment; typically refers to an injury.
Arson: The crime of setting a fire with intent to cause damage.
Assault: a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped. Battery occurs when the assailant makes physical contact.
Asset: An item of value, such as a person's home, business, real estate, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, cash, certificates of deposit (CDs), bank accounts, trust funds, and other property and investments.
Bail Enforcement: Typically refers to the act of locating and apprehending bail-secured defendants who have jumped bail or otherwise violated an agreement with a bail bondman to present themselves in court for a crime with which they have been accused. Commonly referred to as bounty hunting.
Coldline: A telephone service used to conceal the identity of the outbound caller's telephone number or Caller ID data.
Burglary: The unlawful entry into a building or other structure with the intent to commit a felony or a theft.
Chain of Custody: Is the concept that applies to the documentation, custody, control, and handling of evidence in order to preserve its integrity.
Civil Rights: Personal rights guaranteed and protected by the Constitution, i.e., freedom of speech, press, freedom from discrimination, etc.
Claimant: Person making an insurance claim or claim against an insurance policy. See also Insured.
Claims Adjustor: One who handles and investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement; typically the intermediary between the Claimant and the Insurer.
Class Action: A civil action brought by one or more individuals on behalf of themselves and "all others similarly situated" (or some other equivalent language).
CNA: Customer Name and Address; usually obtained from a phone number.
Competitive Intelligence: Information obtained ethically and legally, used to gain an advantage in commerce.
Confidentiality: Prevention of disclosure, to other than authorized individuals, of client's proprietary information, investigation findings, or of a subject's identity.
Conflict of Interest: When a private investigator has a duty to more than one individual or group, but both parties' varying interests make it impossible to act impartially for either entity. For instance, a conflict of interest would arise if a PI accepted assignments from both a claimant and defendant in the same civil lawsuit.
Counterfeit: An imitation that is made with the intent to deceptively represent its content or origins; forgery. See also Forgery.
Counter Surveillance: The act of avoiding surveillance or making it difficult; attempting to determine whether or not a subject is under surveillance and by whom.
Covert: Hidden or concealed.
Credit Header: That part of a consumer credit report, most often located at the top of the report, which may identify a person's past and present residences, telephone numbers, date of birth, aliases, social security numbers, etc. The header does not contain financial or credit information.
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Designing Your Character & Other Handy Things 2
RandomCharacters are hard to create. In fact, last time we all checked, books are hard to create. What's a writer to do? Don't fear, my friend. Maplefoot has got you covered. Welcome to the second edition of 'Designing Your Character & Other Handy Thi...
