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Civil prison
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Civil prisoner
Matched in: Term Civil prisoner
Court
AIR 2000 SC 485 (490). [Bihar Land Reforms Act (30 of 1950), s. 19] Court, means the principle civil court of original jurisdiction in a district and including the High Court in exercise of the ordinary original … P. 24; Jac.Law Dict. Includes a Coroner and any officer lawfully exercising civil, criminal or revenue jurisdiction. [The Prisoners Act, 1900 (3 of 1900), s. 2 (a)] Includes a tribunal and an arbitrator. [The Interest Act, 1978
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commitment
or mental hospital [petition for ] compare incompetent, interdiction NOTE: Commitment to a mental health facility is called civil commitment when it is not part of a criminal proceeding. Civil commitment proceedings are initiated by the patient, … commitment 1 : an act of committing: as a : placement in or assignment to a prison or mental hospital [petition for ] compare incompetent, interdiction NOTE: Commitment to a mental health facility is called
Challenge
Challenge [fr. Challenger, O. F., to accuse of], an exception taken either against things or jurors. In civil actions, when a full jury appear, either party may challenge them for cause, as well the talesmen as … criminal cases, challenges may be made, 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 the very same reasons that they
Assize, or assise
the prisons. (3) Of Nisi Prius, directed to the judges, the clerks of assize, and others, by which civil causes, in which issue has been joined in one of the Divisions of the High Court of Justice, … gaol delivery, directed to the judges 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 the prisons. (3) Of Nisi Prius,
Habeas corpus testificandum
being made to him, to issue a warrant or order to bring up as a witness in any civil or criminal proceeding any prisoner in custody on a criminal charge; see (English) Criminal Procedure Act, 1853 (16
bar
judge where prisoners are stationed in criminal cases or where the business of the court is transacted in civil cases compare bench, dock, jury box, stand b : court tribunal [the younger judge brought a fresh viewpoint … often attrib 1 a : the railing in a courtroom that encloses the area around the judge where prisoners are stationed in criminal cases or where the business of the court is transacted in civil cases compare
Parties
release; (5) Trustees for the grantee or releasee. In criminal cases the parties are the prosecutor and the prisoner or defendant. Parties to a cause, civil or criminal, have a right to be present, in any case, … Venugopala Naidu v. Venkatarayulu Naidu Charities, AIR 1990 SC 444 (447): 1989 Supp (2) SCC 356. (Code of Civil Procedure, s. 92) Persons jointly concerned in any deed or act; litigants. The Rules of the Supreme Court,
Winter circuit
Winter circuit, originally an occasional circuit appointed for the trial of prisoners, and in some cases of civil causes, between Michaelmas and Hilary Sittings. See Winter Assize Act, 1876, and ASSIZE. But of late years the … Winter circuit, originally an occasional circuit appointed for the trial of prisoners, and in some cases of civil causes, between Michaelmas and Hilary Sittings. See Winter Assize Act, 1876, and
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