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Pardon
all others whom it may concern.} By his Majesty's Commons. In modern times pardons have only been granted upon the advice of a Secretary of State. The Home Secretary in effect grants the pardon. As to consulting … ground that the evidence rightly viewed does not warrant the judgment, the prisoner should assign and the Attorney-General should confess error on the record, whereby … any time even during the pendency of the case in this Court in exercise of what is ordinarily called 'mercy jurisdiction'. Such a pardon after the accused person has been convicted by the Court has the effect
Assize, or assise
another commission-that of assize, directed to the judges and clerk of assize, to take assizes and do right upon writs of assize brought before them, by such as were wrongfully thrust out of their possessions. These writs … and the clerk of assize or associate, empowering them to try every prisoner in the gaol committed for any offence whatsoever, so as to clear … courts of Scotland, the fifteen men who decide on the conviction or acquittal of an accused person are called the assize, though in popular language, and even in statutes, they are called the jury.
Challenge
suit of the sheriff against the plaintiff or defendant; that the sheriff or returning officer holds land depending upon the same title with that in litigation between the parties; that the sheriff, etc., is under the distress … either on the part of the Crown, or on that of the prisoner, and either to the whole array, or to the separate polls for … challenge, which may be subdivided into (a) challenge propter honoris respectum, as, if a lord of Parliament be called, he may challenge himself or he mayhave his writ of privilege, but it is doubtful if either party
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Poison
certain restrictions--as that name and address, etc., of the purchaser are to be registered by the seller--were placed upon the sale of arsenic, and by the (English) Pharmacy Act, 1868, persons selling or compounding poisons, or assuming … evidence of a subsequent poisoning of other persons is admissible against the prisoner, Reg. v. Geering, (1849) 18 LJMC 215; Rex v. Armstrong, (1922) 38 … system produces a violent, morbid or fatal changes or which destroys living tissues, the substance can be safely called poison, Goodwill Paint and Chemical Industry v. Union of India, AIR 1991 SC 2150 (2152): 1992 Supp (1)
Bail
Coroners Act, 1887, coroners may admit to bail persons charged with manslaughter upon an inquisition before them, and by the (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, … Means a security such as cash or a bond, especially security required by court for the release of a prisoner who must appear at a further time, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 135. Bail, a temporary release … on security being taken for his appearance on a day and at a place certain, which security is called bail, because the party arrested or imprisoned is delivered into the hands of those who bind themselves or
Poor laws
& O., 1927, No. 55). The rate was raised prospectively for some given portion of the year, and upon a scale adapted to the probable exigencies of the parish; and the Act of Elizabeth directed that it should … of which is the (English) Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 25). If a prisoner on his release after the termination of his sentence is likely to need poor law relief, an order … By the (English) Poor Relief Act, 1601, (43 Eliz. c. 2), frequently called 'The Act of Elizabeth,' overseers of the poor were annually appointed in
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