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Idoneum se facere; idoneare se

oneself sufficient, to clear oneself. To purge oneself by oath, of a crime that one is accused of committ-ing, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 749. Idoneum se facere; idoneare se, to purge onself by oath of

Fossa

Fossa, a ditch full of water wherein women committ-ing felony were drowned; also a grave. See FURCA

Attachment

now governed by the provisions of Ord. XLIV., R. S. C. As to the difference between attachment and committal, see Re Evans, (1893) 1 Ch 259 (n.); D. v. A. & Co., (1900) 1 Ch 484. As

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Court of competent jurisdiction

unaffected by the non-compliance of the procedural requirement. The inability to take cognizance of an offence without a committal order does not mean that a duly constituted Court became an incompetent Court for all purposes, State of

Contempt of Parliament

of Parliament. Any violation of the privileges of either House of Parliament maybe punished by the House by committal. See May's Parliamentary Practice; Hall, Const. Hist. Ch. xvi.

Contempt of court

the rules, orders, process, or dignity of a Court, which has power to punish for such offence by committal. Contempts are either direct, which only insult or resist the powers of the Court, or the persons of

Admonition

contempt of the House in case of an offence which is not so grave as to warrant his committal; Parliamentary Practice - Erskine May, 22nd Edn. p. 138. In the House of Commons, (U.K.), when a person

kurchatovium

rutherfordium symbol Rf It is produced in very small quantities by nuclear reactions In November 1993 the nomenclature committe of the American Chemical Society approved the name rutherfordium for element 104 Russsian investigators who claim to have

Speaker of the House of Commons

of the Speaker are the following:-To preside, as Chairman of the House, at its debates when not in committee; to give a casting vote, when the votes are equal, which according to practice he gives in favour

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