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Reasonable doubt
of reluctance to convict; it means a real doubt, a doubt founded upon reasons, K. Gopal Reddy v. State of Andhra Pradesh, AIR 1979 SC … doubt or misgiving suggested by an ingenious counsel or arising from a merciful disposition or kindly feeling towards a prisoner, or from sympathy for him or his family', Assistant Collector of Central Excise v. V.P. Sayed Mohammed, A … Sayed Mohammed, A IR 1983 SC 168: (1983) 1 SCC 370: (1983) 2 SCR 225. Doubts would be called reasonable if they are free from a zest for abstract speculation. To constitute 'reasonable doubt', it must be
warrant
Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution requires that a search warrant for a criminal investigation be issued only upon a showing of probable cause, as established usually by a sworn affidavit. The search warrant has to specify the … affidavit showing probable cause that there will be certain evidence at a specific location at a future time called also anticipatory warrant arrest warrant : a warrant issued to a law enforcement officer ordering the officer to … indicted death warrant : a warrant issued to a warden or other prison official to carry out a sentence of death dis·pos·ses·so·ry warrant [dis-pə-ze-sə-rē-] :
Deposition
& 31 Vict. c. 35), ss. 6, 7. Under the first of these Acts, the evidence upon which a prisoner is committed for trial by justices of the peace is taken down, and may be read at the … High Court taken before an examiner or other person under R. S.C. Ord. XXXVII., R. 5, is also called a deposition. Deposition, includes any affidavit, affirmation or statement mode upon oath, Civil Aviation Act, 1982, s. 95(5)
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Accomplice
not an accomplice after the crime. There is no rule of law that her testimony cannot be acted upon without corroboration in material particulars. She stands on a higher pedestal than an injured witness. In the latter … with another or others in the commission of a crime, Hawk. P.C. 87. An accomplice could always be called to give evidence, and by virtue of (English) Lord Denman's Act, 1843 (6 & 7 Vict. C. 85),
Costs
makes several distinct claims in an action may be ordered to pay the defendant's costs of the issues upon which he faisl, Foster v. Farquhar, (1893) 1 QB 564; see also Reid, Hewitt & Co. v. Joseph, … the prosecution, and to compensate any person properly attending to give evidence for the prosecution or defence, or called to give evidence at the instance of the court, for the expense, trouble, or loss of time properly … Criminal Justice Administration Act, 1914 (c. 58), s. 10(4), and the Poor Prisoners Defence Act, 1930 (c. 32), now contains all the provisions relating to
search
held in Camara v. Municipal Court, 387 U.S. 523 (1967), that a reasonable administrative search may be conducted upon a showing of probable cause which is less stringent than that required for a search incident to a criminal … scheme as a pretext to search for evidence of criminal violations "People v. Madison, 520 N.E.2d 374 (1988)"] called also administrative inspection inspection regulatory search see also probable cause at cause NOTE: The U.S. Supreme Court held … a search for illicit or contraband material (as weapons or drugs) in prisoners' cells that is usually random and warrantless NOTE: In Hudson v. Palmer,
Magna Carta
(1689)). Also spelled Magna charta, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 963. This Great Charter is based substantially upon the Saxon Common Law, which flourished in this kingdom until the Normaninvasion consolidated the system of feudality, still … would appear on criminal trials to be out of compassion to the prisoner, by giving him the benefit of every doubt, in accordance with the … of meeting might be fixed for the purpose of his complying with their demands. Accordingly, the famous meadow called Runingmede, or Runemede (from the Saxon word rune, signifying council), situated on the southwest bank of the Thames,
Misprision
please, the offender may be proceeded against for the misprision only. And upon the same principle, while the court of Star Chamber existed, it was … to dissuade a witness from giving evidence, to dis-close an examination before the Privy Council, or to advise a prisoner to stand mute (all of which are impediments to justice), are high misprisions and contempts, punishable by fine … rebellion. Every great misdemeanour, according to Coke, which has no certain term appointed by the law, is sometimes called a misprision. Misprisions are divided in the text-books into two kinds:- (1) Negative, the concealment of what ought
Trial
generally the case. Then the defendant's senior counsel sums up, and the senior counsel for the plaintiff replies upon the whole case. The judge then sums up. By consent of both parties the verdict may be taken … session which ends in a judgment of acquittal or conviction of the prisoner. It means the whole of proceedings including the sentence, Janardhan v. State … court, State v. Haridas Mundhara, 1974 Cal WN 929. Means the proceedings which commences when the case is called on with the Magistrate on the bench, the accused in the dock and the representative of the prosecution
Coroner
5, c. 25). A coroner is required to give a special certificate to permit cremation of a body upon which he has held an inquest, (English) Cremation Act,1902 (2 Edw. 7, c. 8). The dead body of … Coroner. A very ancient officer at the Common Law, so called because he has principally to do with pleas of the Crown, appointed in boroughs by the Borough Council … which the cause is unknown, or that such person has dies in prison, or in such place or under such circumstances as to require an
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