Arraignment - Law Dictionary Search Results
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a day on which the defendant in an action or proceeding is to appear in court (as for arraignment) b : a day on which the defendant in an action must file an answer c : a
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
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.
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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)
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
indict
a crime by the finding or presentment of a grand jury in due form of law compare accuse, arraign, charge
Mainour
Mainour, A stolen article found in the hands of a thief. At common law, the thief could be arraigned and tried without an indictment. Also spelled manour; meinour. Also termed mannopus; manuopus, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.,
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
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