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Previous conviction
(7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 28), reciting that 'it is expedient to provide for the more exemplary punishment of offenders who commit felony after a previous conviction for felony,' empowered a Court to inflict transportation for
cruel and unusual punishment
has held that the death penalty in itself does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment, although mandatory death sentences do.
Punish
To impose a penalty upon to afflict with pain loss or suffering for a crime or fault either with or without a
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Bill of pains and penalties
Bill of pains and penalties, a special Act of the legislature which inflicts a punishment, less than death, upon persons supposed to be guilty of treason of felony, without any conviction in the
pain
pain 1 : punishment 2 a : physical discomfort associated with bodily disorder (as disease or injury) b : acute mental or
Rabbit
Act, 1831, ss. 30-32 of which render trespass in the daytime in pursuit of conies punishable on summary conviction by fine upto 2l; trespassers may be required to quit the land and to tell their names and
Penal statute
statute or penal law is a law that defines an offence and prescribes its corresponding fine, penalty or punishment, Karnataka Rare Earth v. Senior Geologist, (2004) 2 SCC 783 (791). Those which impose penalties or punishments for
Accessary, or Accessory
who knows that a crime has been committed and who helps the offender try to escape arrest or punishment. As to the trial and punishment of accessories:-By the (English) Accessories and Abettors Act, 1861, an accessory before
Specific provision to the contrary
Act (Act 60 of 1960) respectively was to give separate treatment to delinquent children in trial, conviction and punishment for offences including offences punishable with death or imprisonment for life. S. 27 is not 'a specific provision
Mulct
A fine or penalty esp a pecuniary punishment or penalty
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