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plead

copy of the indictment or information before the defendant is called upon to "Kansas Statutes Annotated"] see also alternative 2 : to make a specific plea [ not guilty] ;also : to make a plea of guilty … 1 : to make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding ;esp : to answer the pleading or charge of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts [the defendant

Imprisonment

the discretion of the court. Imprisonment for not more than two years is very frequently authorised, as an alternative to penal servitude, by the (English) Offences against the Person Act, 1861, and other Acts set out in … right of any person convicted by a Court of Summary Jurisdiction to appeal; provided that he did not plead guilty or admit the truth of the information, see ss. 19 and 31 of the Summary Jurisdiction Act,

Petty Sessions

information [(English) Criminal Justice Administration Act, 1914, s. 37, and (English) Criminal Justice Act, 1925, s. 25]. An alternative method of appeal on a point of law only is by case stated to the High Court. Appeals … the S.J. Acts by any person aggrieved by any conviction in respect of any offence who did not plead, or who has pleaded, guilty, or did or did not admit the truth of the information [(English) Criminal

Metropolitan Police Magistrates

Administration Act, 1914], s. 37; and (English) Criminal Justice Act, 1925, s. 25. This does not affect the alternative appeal to the High Court by way of case stated on a point of law given by the … aggrieved by the conviction of a Court of summary jurisdiction in respect of any offence who did not plead guilty or admit the truth f the information may appeal to quarter sessions [(English) Criminal Justice Administration Act,

Jurisdiction

of justice. The Administrative Tribunals as established under Article 323A and the Adminis-trative Tribunals Act, 1985 are an alternative insti-tutional mechanism or authority, designed to be not less effective than the High Court, consistently with the amended … adjudicatory systems and permitting them to function by tearing off the conventional shackles of the strict rule of pleadings, strict rule of evidence, tardy trials, three/four-tier appeals, endless revisions and reviews - creating hurdles in the fast

writ

an instrument of judicial authority. alias writ : a writ issued upon the failure of a previous one alternative writ : a writ commanding one to perform a mandated act or else to show cause why the … also in constant use for financial and political purposes of government. While the writ no longer governs civil pleading and has lost many of its applications, the extraordinary writs esp. of habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, and certiorari

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