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Sus. Per coll

abbreviation for suspendatur per collum-'let him be hanged by the neck'-was the usual indorsement by the clerk of arraigns in the case of a capital sentence. At the present day indorsements are in English, and no special

Privilege

a 'convenient' time after prorogation and dissolution. Peers are exempt from attending courts-leet or the posse comitatus; when arraigned for any criminal offence it must be before their peers, who return a verdict, not upon oath, but

Parties interested

'parties interested' means those who are interested in the result of the suit and they need not be arraigned as defendants or plaintiffs, AIR 1966 J&K 1(7). (Arbitration Act, 1940, s. 21)

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Mutus

Mutus, silent, not 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

Manner or mainour

in his hands; that is, in flagrante delicto. In such a case he might be brought into Court, arraigned and tried, without indictment, 4 Bl. Com. 308.

Culprit

One accused of or arraigned for a crime as before a judge

Lunatic

at the time he committed it [(English) Trial of Lunatics Act, 1883, s. 2]. A person found on arraignment to be insane by verdict of a jury may be detained during his Majesty's pleasure, as is also

Defence

6; Ord. XIV.). In Criminal matters (which is always by word of mouth) when a person charged is arraigned before the Court, and asked by the Clerk, after stating the charge, 'How say you, are you guilty

Criminal proceeding

proceedings' means a criminal inquiry or a trial before a court and the 'accused' means a person actually arraigned, that is, put on a trial, Laxmipat Choraria v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1968 SC 938 (944). (Oaths

Charge

upon any one, to acquaint any with the nature of their duty. See CHARGE SHEET. The clerk of arraigns gives te prisoner 'in charge' to the jury, by reading an abstract of the indictment, and they are

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