Confession - Law Dictionary Search Results
Tichborne case
each of two perjuries. See Best on Evidence, 10th Edn., s. 517 B, where an extract from Orton's confession, sworn before a commissioner for oaths, is given; Article in Supplement to Dictionary of Biography, tit. 'Orton'; Famous
Under his own hand
his own handwriting. What is inter alia required to be certified by the police officer is that the confession was taken in his presence and recorded by him, State of Tamil Nadu v. Sivarasan, (1997) 1 SCC
Waiver
right in such a way that the other party is entitled to plead the abandonment by way of confession and avoidance if the right is thereafter asserted, and is either express or implied from conduct. A person
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Witchcraft
Trials, 647); and a woman was burnt in Scotland in 1722, nine having been burnt after their own confession in 1678. See Best on Evidence, s. 572; Lecky's Rationalism
Cognovit actionem
Cognovit actionem (he has confessed the action), a defendant's written confession of an action brought against him, to which he has no available defence. it is usually upon condition
Colour
pleading. It was an apparent or prima facie right; and the meaning of the rule, that pleadings in confession and avoidance should give colour, was that they should confess the matter adversely alleged, to such an extent,
Bruton error
is the violation of a criminal defendant's constitutional right of confrontation by admitting into evidence a non-testifying codefendant's confession that implicates a defendant who claims innocence, Bruton v. United States, 391 US 123: 88 SCT 1620.
note
the entry of judgment against him or her without notice or a hearing : a note containing a confession of judgment collateral note : a note secured esp. by a collateral mortgage and pledged to secure an
Bar, plea in
it. Pleas in bar were consequently divided into (1) pleas by way of traverse, and (2) pleas by confession and avoidance. In Equity, a plea in bar was a defence resorted to when there was no defect
admission
action that is inconsistent with his or her position at trial and that tends to establish guilt compare confession declaration against interest at declaration NOTE: Under the Federal Rules of Evidence an admission is not hearsay. Silence
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