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Lunatic

of Lunatics Act, 1883, s. 2]. A person found on arraignment to be insane by verdict of a jury may be

Manner or mainour

In such a case he might be brought into Court, arraigned and tried, without indictment, 4 Bl. Com. 308.

Sus. Per coll

by the neck'-was the usual indorsement by the clerk of arraigns in the case of a capital sentence. At the present

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Privilege

are exempt from attending courts-leet or the posse comitatus; when arraigned for any criminal offence it must be before their peers,

Parties interested

the result of the suit and they need not be arraigned as defendants or plaintiffs, AIR 1966 J&K 1(7). (Arbitration Act,

Mutus

anything to say. Standing mute is when a person, being arraigned, either cannot speak, or refuses to answer or plead. SEE

Culprit

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

Mainour

of a thief. At common law, the thief could be arraigned and tried without an indictment. Also spelled manour; meinour. Also

Defence

always by word of mouth) when a person charged is arraigned before the Court, and asked by the Clerk, after stating

Criminal proceeding

before a court and the 'accused' means a person actually arraigned, that is, put on a trial, Laxmipat Choraria v. State

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