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ex post facto law
criminalizing and imposing punishment for an act that was not criminal or punishable at the time it was committed, by increasing the severity of a crime from its level at the time the crime was committed, by
Weights and measures
scale, balance, or steelyard shall be liable to be forfeited. 26. Fraud in Use.-Where any fraud is wilfully committed in the using of any weight, measure, scale, balance, steelyard or weighing machine, the person committing such fraud,
Trade Union
and all other members of the trade union in respect of any tortious act alleged to have been committed by or on behalf of the trade union, shall not be entertained by any Court. (2) Nothing in
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Sea
Jurisdiction Act, 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 73). S. 2 of that Act enacts that any offence committed by a person, whether a British subject or not, within one marine league of the coast, 'although it
Peace, Breach of the
ordinary subject of the Crown must act as a peace-officer to arrest an offender if a felony is committed, or a bad wound given in his presence; and an ordinary subject may arrest another who is on
Justifiable homicide
malefactor to death who has forfeited his life by the laws of his country. (2) It may be committed for the advancement of public justice, as in the following instances: (a) Where an officer or his assistant,
In or in relation to
no proceeding in any court at all when the offence mentioned in the aforesaid clause (1) has been committed. In other words, the s. contemplates only the proceedings pending or concluded and not in contemplation. The rationale
Imprisonment
Act, 1908, a child under 14 cannot be sentenced to imprisonment or penal servitude for any offence, or committed to prison in default of payment of a fine, damages, or costs, and a young person (i.e., one
Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum
and has a right to be delivered, this writ ought of right to be granted to every man committed or detained in prison or otherwise restrained, though by command of the sovereign, the Privy Council, or any
Fraud
material date false in substance and in fact. S. 17 of the Contract Act defines fraud as act committed by a party to a contract with intent to deceive another. From dictionary meaning or even otherwise fraud
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