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Imprison

To put in prison or jail To arrest and detain in custody to confine

Confession

incriminating statement made to the police suggesting inference of the commission of the crime and it, therefore, is confined to the evidence to be adduced in a court of law, Commr. of Police v. Narender Singh, (2006)

Shoelace

the upper parts of a shoe together Commercial shoelaces usually come in different lengths and have each end confined in a narrow plastic tube for convenience in inserting the cords through the holes in a shoe upper

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Snow bound

Enveloped in or confined by snow

Accused of any offence

Accused of any offence, The expression 'accused of any offence' in s. 25 of the Evidence Act, 1872 would cover the case of an accused who has been put on trial, whether or not at the...

A fortiori

A fortiori. [By so much stronger reason]. It is thus applied:-A private person, and a fortiori a peace officer (it being his special duty), who is present at the commission of a felony, is bound by...

Abscond

Abscond, to fly the country in order to escape arrest (see FLY FOR IT) for crime. By s. 6 of the (English) Debtors Act, 1869 (32 & 33 Vict., C. 62), in any action in the...

Accessary, or Accessory

Accessary, or Accessory [particeps criminis quasi accedens ad culpam, Lat. As though assenting to the offence], he who is not a chief actor at a felony, nor present at its perpetration, but yet is in some...

Accessories

describe goods which may have been manufactured for use as an aid or addition. Accessories are not necessarily confined to particular machines for which they may serve as aids. The same item may be an accessory of

Accused

Accused, means the person or persons against whom a charge of crime or misdemeanour is brought, Webster Law Dictionary, p. 11. Means a person who has been blamed for wrongdoing; specifically a person who has been...

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