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De frangentibus prisonam, Statute of
enacts that no person shall have judgment of life or member for breaking prison, unless committed for some capital offence. … that no person shall have judgment of life or member for breaking prison, unless committed for some capital offence.
Incest
Incest, carnal knowledge of persons within the Levitical degrees of kindred, at one time a capital offence (4 Bl. Com. 65); but subsequently left to the action of the spiritual courts, 4 Steph. Com. … Incest, carnal knowledge of persons within the Levitical degrees of kindred, at one time a capital offence (4 Bl. Com. 65); but subsequently left to the action of the spiritual courts, 4 Steph. Com. It
Plague
Gk., a wound], pestilence; a contagious and malignant fever. By 1 Jac. 1, c. 31, it was a capital offence for any infected with the plague, after having been commanded by the mayor or constable, etc., to … a wound], pestilence; a contagious and malignant fever. By 1 Jac. 1, c. 31, it was a capital offence for any infected with the plague, after having been commanded by the mayor or constable, etc., to keep
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Westminster the First, Statute of
of rape on the footing to which it has been lately restored, as a most grievous but not capital offence, and embraces the subject of procedure, civil and criminal matters, introducing many regulations to render it cheap, … rape on the footing to which it has been lately restored, as a most grievous but not capital offence, and embraces the subject of procedure, civil and criminal matters, introducing many regulations to render it cheap, simple,
Attainder
inseparable consequence, by the Common Law, of sentence of death being pronounced, or of outlawry for a capital offence. the criminal then becomes dead in law, technically called civiliter mortuus. It differs from conviction in that it … the apprehension of the object of a chase], the stain or corruption of the blood of a criminal capitally condemned; it is the immediate inseparable consequence, by the Common Law, of sentence of death being pronounced, or
Aberemurder
downright murder, as distinguished from the less heinous crime of manslaughter or chance medley. It was declared a capital offence, without fine or commutation, by the laws of Canute, c. 93, and of Henry I. c. 13. … murder, as distinguished from the less heinous crime of manslaughter or chance medley. It was declared a capital offence, without fine or commutation, by the laws of Canute, c. 93, and of Henry I. c. 13.
Sacrilege
of the same, is felony punishable by penal servitude or imprisonment. The offence was for a long time capital, the last execution having taken place in 1819. The act or an instance of desecrating or profaning a … any felony therein, and breaking out of the same, is felony punishable by penal servitude or imprisonment. The offence was for a long time capital, the last execution having taken place in 1819. The act or an
Piracy
this section a public execution will have to take place, as the section is not within the (English) Capital Punishment Amendment Act, 1868 (31 Vict. c. 24). Section 3 of the Act of 1837 as now amended … that any man's life should be taken away, unless by the judgment of his peers, the still unrepealed Offences at Sea Act, 1536 (28 Hen. 8, c. 15), established a new jurisdiction for this purpose, which proceeds
Sessions of the peace
of any borough, shall at any sessions of the peace try any person for any treason, murder, or capital felony, or for any felony which, when committed by a person not previously convicted of felony, is punishable … 34 Edw. 3, c. 1. The two main jurisdictions are (1) to try, with a jury, for indictable offences not excepted by the Act of 1842 as below, and (2) to hear appeals from petty or special
Election Commission
Election Commission, 'Election Commission' means the Election Commission referred to in Article 324. [Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991 (1 of 1992), s. 2(d)] Means the Election Commission appointed by the President … India, Art. 324] Can disqualify a person for six years from voting on ground of conviction for certain offences. [Representation of People Act, 1951, s. 11A] Has power to disqualify any person on the ground that he
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