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Mutus
having anything to say. Standing mute is when a person, being arraigned, either cannot speak, or refuses to answer or plead. SEE PEINE FORTE ET DURE. To advise a prisoner to stand mute is a contempt of
New trial
fiction supported by perjury, which the defendant could not at the time of the trial be prepared to answer. (7) Discovery of new evidence after the trial. A new trial will seldom be granted where a verdict
Non sum informatus
Non sum informatus, a formal answer made of course by an attorney, that he was not informed to say anything material in defence of
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Officio, Ex, Oath
Officio, Ex, Oath, an oath whereby a person might be obliged to make his answer to any matters alleged against him, and extending originally even to criminal charges. It was derived from the
Oral argument
Oral argument, is the one chance for you (not for some chance-assigned mere judge) to answer any questions you can stir any member of the court into being bothered about and into bothering with,
Pending
be taken in the cause before the court or tribunal where it is said to be pending. The answer is that until the case is concluded it is pending, Lt. Col. S.K. Kashyap v. State of Rajasthan,
Persona designata
who is selected to exercise the power by excluding others from the exercise of such powers. If the answer is in the affirmative, then such person becomes persona designata, P.V. Somaraju v. Munsif Magistrate, Bhimavaram, AIR 1928
Lacuna in the prosecution
an oversight committed by a public prosecutor during trial, either in producing relevant materials or in eliciting relevant answer from witnesses, Rajendra Prasad v. Narcotic Cell, (1999) 6 SCC 110.
Exception
margin of a demurrer. In Chancery, exceptions might be taken to pleadings if scandalous, and if a defendant's answer were insufficient, the plaintiff might file exceptions to it, Sm. Ch. Pr. 344, 786. An exception, in a
Justified by law
'justification': The showing in court that one had sufficient reason for doing that which he is called to answer; the ground for such a plea. Lexically, the sense is clear. An act is justified by law if
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