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Desertion
a matrimonial offence, for which the remedy is under (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 185, by which a sentence of judicial separation may be obtained either by the husband or wife on the ground of desertion, without
Discharge of a jury
one of the jury; or (2) in due course on the termination of the trial by verdict (or sentence); or by the discretion of the judge determining that they are so exhausted as to be incapable of
Sentencer
One who pronounced a sentence or condemnation
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Dominus litis
a suit or litigation; also an advocate who, after the death of his client, prosecuted a suit to sentence for the executor's use, Civil Law Dominus litis, the plaintiff is dominus litis, that is, master of, or
Doom
Doom [fr. dom, A.S., judgment; fr. deman, to deem or form a judgment], judicial sentence; judgment.
Double complaint, or Double quarrel
province, against the ordinary, for delaying or refusing to do justice in some cause ecclesiastical, as to give sentence, or institute a clerk, as in the celebrated case of Gorham v. Bishop of Exeter, (1850) 19 LJ
Expulsion
of Lords has the right, although absolute, to disqualify a peer from sitting in the House by its sentence when the offender has been tried and found guilty on impeachment. Such disqualifica-tion may be permanent or temporary
Finding mains holding
a court properly has find-ings of fact and holdings or conclusions of law. The writer of the following sentence observed the distinctions meticulously. Because we find that the jury's finding of concurrent fault is amply supported by
Homicide
I. Justifiable, of three kinds: (a) Where the proper officer executes a criminal in strict conformity with his sentence. (b) Where an officer of justice, or other person acting in his aid, in the legal exercise of
Contumace capiendo
discontinued by 53 Geo. 3, c. 127, s. 2, and in lieu thereof, where a lawful citation or sentence has not been obeyed, the judge has power, after a certain period, to pronounce such person contumacious and
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