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final argument
final argument : an argument made to the jury or to the judge in a bench trial by both sides of a case after all the evidence has been presented
dock
cage] : the place in a criminal court where a prisoner stands or sits during trial compare bar, bench, jury box, sidebar, stand
Indicatif
an abolished writ by which a prosecution was in some cases removed from a Court-Christian to the King's Bench … Indicatif, an abolished writ by which a prosecution was in some cases removed from a Court-Christian to the King's Bench
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Sittings
the vacations, sit continuously at the Royal Courts of Justice for the trial of causes in the King's Bench Division. See further as to the judges who are to preside at different sittings, Judicature Act, 1925, s.
Central Criminal Court
Central Criminal Court Act, 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c. 16) [see (English) Palmer's Act], authorizes the King's Bench Division of the High Court to order any indictment for any felony or misdemeanour supposed to have been … created by the (English) Central Criminal Court Act, 1834 (4 & 5 Wm. , c. 36), for the trial of all cases of treasons, murders, felonies, and misdemeanours committed within the county of Middlesex, and in certain
High Court of Justice
formerly exercised by the following Courts, viz.: '(1) The High Court of Chancery; (2) The Court of King's Bench; (3) The Court of Common Pleas at Westminster; (4) The Court of Exchequer; (5) The Court of Admiralty; … the procedure of the High Court of Justice, see the various titles relating thereto, e.g., EXECUTION; JUDGMENT; PLEADING; TRIAL. See also DIVISIONS OF THE HIGH COURT. 'The High Court of Justice' was also the style assumed by
open
voter regardless of political affiliation [an primary] 3 a : being in effect or operation [an mine] [a bench warrant still ] b : available for use [an toll road] c : not finally determined, decided, or … to begin the process of [ the succession] 2 a : to make the statement by which the trial of (a case) is begun and put before the court b : to be the first to speak
Indictment
certain enactments set out in the 1st Schedule (high treason and certain other offences tribal in the King's Bench Division). Indictments were of a highly technical character until simplified by the Indictments Act, 1915, which directs that … to proceed before justices of the peace for commitment of the alleged offender to prison to await his trial at Assizes (see that title) or Quarter Sessions (see SESSIONS OF THE PEACE), or for his admission to
High Steward, Court of the Lord
of Parliament. When, therefore, such an indictment is found by a grand jury of freeholders in the King's Bench, or at the assizes before a judge of oyer and terminer, it is removed by a writ of … High Steward, Court of the Lord, a tribunal instituted for the trial of peers or peeresses indicted for treason or felony, or for misprision of either, but not for any
Bail
bail in that case be allowed, except by order of a Secretary of State or by the King's Bench Division of the High Court, or a judge thereof in vacation; while, on the other hand, they are … and 216. Bail in criminal cases is given for the appearance of the party bailed to take his trial to attend a further examination of a charge against him. In all cases of felony, and in certain
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