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Calling upon a prisoner
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Arraign
Court to answer the matter charged upon him in the indictment. The arraignment of a prisoner consists of calling upon him by name, reading to him the indictment, demanding of him whether he be guilty or not guilty,
Abatement
(see ADMINISTRATION OF ASSETS), and they must be content with a dividend. So in the case of legacies, upon a deficiency of assets after payment of the debts they abate in proportion, unless a priority is specially given … was a married woman. In criminal proceedings, a plea in abatement might have been given in writing by a prisoner or defendant on account of misnomer, wrongful or no addition, annexing thereto an affidavit of its truth. But … wrongful entry and gets possession of it. Such an entry is technically called an abatement, and the stranger an abater. It is, in fact, a
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Odio et atia
Odio et atia, a writ anciently called breve de bono etmalo, addressed to the sheriff to inquire whether a man committed to prison upon suspicion … writ anciently called breve de bono etmalo, addressed to the sheriff to inquire whether a man committed to prison upon suspicion of murder were committed on just cause of suspicion, or only upon malice and ill-will; and
Statute stapul'
the body to prison, and seize upon the lands and goods of one who had forfeited the bond called statute-staple, Reg. Brev. 151. … Statute stapul', the ancient writ that lay to take the body to prison, and seize upon the lands and goods of one who had forfeited the bond called statute-staple, Reg. Brev.
Jury
Jury [fr. jurata, Lat.; jure, Fr.], a number of persons sworn to deliver a verdict upon evidence delivered to them touching the issue. Trial by jury may be traced to the earliest Anglo-Saxon times. … 34 Vict. c. 77), s. 6, is having those property qualifications and being also legally entitled to be called an esquire, or being a person of higher degree, or being a banker or merchant, or occupying a … a customary allowance for trying causes, but in no case for trying prisoners. An alien is no longer entitled to be tried by a jury
Constable
Act, 1927 (17 & 18 Geo. 5, c. 19), a member of a police force dismissed or called upon to resign has a right of appeal to a Secretary of State. Scotland.--See the Police (Scotland) Act, 1890 … regulations are binding on every police authority. The Act also makes provision for the establishment of an organization called the Police Federation for the purpose of enabling members of the police forces of England and Wales to … and smaller jurisdiction than a sheriff, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. Every prison officer while acting as such has all the powers, authority, protection and
Poor Prisoners, Defence of
committeed for trial on a charge of murder, and may be granted when a person committed for trial upon any other charge, if it appears to the authority, having regard to all the circumstances of the case … at the trial and to have solicitor and counsel assigned to him for that purpose, if a certificate, called the 'defence certificate,' is granted by the justices committing him for trial or of the judge or chairman … Poor Prisoners, Defence of. The (English) Poor Prisoners Defence Act, 1930 (20 & 21
habeas corpus
-ji-shē-; -Ä d-sb-yi-kē-en-dm] [New Latin, literally, you should have the body for submitting] : an extraordinary writ issued upon a petition challenging the lawfulness of restraining a person who is imprisoned or otherwise in another's custody called also … -si-kwen-dəm, -Ä d-prō-sā-kwen-dm] [New Latin, literally, you should have the body for prosecuting] : a writ for removing a prisoner for trial in the jurisdiction of the issuing court where the prisoner committed a crime habeas corpus ad … of restraining a person who is imprisoned or otherwise in another's custody called also the Great Writ NOTE: Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum is an extraordinary
Lords' Act
time, and for sums not exceeding what are mentioned in the Act, to make discovery of and deliver upon oath their estates for their creditors' benefit,' in great part repealed by 1 & 2 Vict. c. 110, … Lords' Act (32 Geo. 2, c. 28), so called from having originated in the House of Lords, amended by 33 Geo. 3, c. 5, and made perpetual … imprisonment of their persons; and to oblige debtors continuing in execution in prison beyond a certain time, and for sums not exceeding what are mentioned
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