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Character and antecedents
before deciding to proceed summarily may not be taken into consideration when they come to decide whether to commit for sentence, but where they have failed to make a proper inquiry before deciding to proceed summarily, they
Charged
is the official notification given to an individual by the competent authority of an allegation that he has committed a criminal offence, A.-G.s Ref. (No. 2 of 2001) (CA) (2001) 1 WLR 1869. [Human Rights Act, 1998,
Coercion
Coercion, coercion is the committing, or threatening to commit, any act forbidden by the Indian Penal Code or the unlawful detaining or threatening
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Court
liberty of the subject, and is usually satisfied by the payment of the costs of the application to commit unless the contemnor's conduct is very contemptuous and a flagrant disrespect to the Court, Leonard v. Attwell, (1810)
Commandant
(1) (f)] 1. The authoritative order of judge or magisterial officer. 2. The offence of inducing another to commit a crime, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.
Committal to prison
Committal to prison, if the Magistrate commits the fugitive criminal to prison he must commit him, subject to any
Common Intention, common object
are a most essential part of s. 34 of the Indian Penal Code. It is common intention to commit the crime actually committed. This common intention is anterior in time to the commission of the crime. Common
Confederacy
Confederacy, a combination of two or more persons to do some damage or injury to another, or to commit some unlawful act. See TRADE DISPUTE.
Consideration
exists whenever the consideration is founded upon a transaction which violates public policy or morality:'as a contract to commit, conceal, or compound a crime; a contract for illicit cohabitation; or a contract in fraud of the rights
Copyhold
copyholder is entitled to estovers, i.e., housebote, hedgebote, and ploughbote, unless restrained by particular custom. (4) He cannot commit any kind of waste, unless there exists a particular custom to warrant it. (5) Copyholds of inheritance are
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