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Reprimand
to a convicted offender, or by an official superior to an inferior, generally in substitution for any other punishment: see, e.g., that enjoined for the first offence against the Wild Birds Protection Act, 1880 (see BIRDS), in
Aggravated assaults
offender six months' imprisonment with hard labour or to fine him up to 20l. including costs (the maximum punishment for a common assault being two months' imprisonment, or a fine up to 5l.) and to bind him
Six Articles, Law of
kind for the laity, celibacy of the clergy, sanctity of vows, private masses, and auricular confession), under the penalty of death in case of offence, amended by 32 Hen. 8, c. 10, which required conviction to be
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Pillory
and made with holes and moveable boards, through which the heads and hands of criminals were put. The punishment of the pillory, abolished by 56 Geo. 3, c. 138, except for perjury, a person convicted for which
Criminal Law Amendment Acts, 1885 to 1928 (English)
1928 Act. The penalties in summary proceedings against brothel-keepers are increased, and s.5 repeals s. 5 of the Punishment of Incest Act, 1908, which required all proceedings under the Act to beheld in camera, see R. v.
Uttering
Uttering, tendering; selling; putting in circulation; publishing. Knowingly uttering counterfeit coin is a misdemeanour, and after two prior convictions a felony, by the Coinage Offences Act, 1861, s. 21. Knowingly uttering a forged document is punishable...
habitual criminal
for offenses of a specified kind (as felonies) and is thereby under some statutes subject to an increased penalty (as life imprisonment)
Musician, London
or public place near any such house after being so required to depart, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than forty shillings, or, in the discretion of the magistrate before whom he shall be
Abortion
Abortion, a miscarriage, or the premature expulsion of the contents of the womb before the term of gestation is completed. By the (English) Offences against the Person Act, 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. C. 100), s....
Summary jurisdiction
Summary jurisdiction. The jurisdiction of a court to give a judgment or make an order itself forthwith, e.g., to commit to prison for contempt, to punish malpractice in a solicitor, or in the case of justices...
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