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Character
proof of his good or bad character; but if he call witnesses to his good character, a previous conviction against him maybe put in evidence. Witnesses to the bad character of prisoner can be called only to
Institutions
the plaintiff seeks to recover a thing belonging or due to him, and of those by which the punishment of the offender only is aimed at, and of such actions by which both are intended. The fourth
Poison
Poison (poison, Fr.; fr. potio, Lat., a drink--applied originally to a medicated drink or draught]. The administration of poison or other destructive thing, if done with intent to commit murder, is a felony, punishable with penal...
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Intoxicating liquor
the permitted hours only during the summer period by half an hour, but never for more than eight consecutive weeks. Clubs must be registered, but the distribution of intoxicating liquors among the members has been described as … which are entered the names of the owners of licensed premises and the holders of the licences. Every conviction is entered on the register as well as forfeitures, and disqualifications of premises or persons. A registra-tion fee
Imprisonment
52, replacing with amendments s. 102 of the (English) Children Act, 1908, a child under 14 cannot be sentenced to imprisonment or penal servitude for any offence, or committed to prison in default of payment of a
Action
party for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offence. But in some sense this definition is equally applicable to special proceeding. More accurately,
Magna Carta
The unanimity required in trials of a civil nature is said to have arisen from the now abolished punishment, to which every juror was liable for returning an improper verdict, and as each juror might have been
Marriage
Marriage. Marriage as understood in Christendom is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others, Hyde v. Hyde, 1866 LR 1 P&D 130. Where a marriage in...
Person
Person, a Hindu Undivided Family is a person, Kshetra Mohan-Sannyasi Charan Sadhukhan v. Commissioner of Excess Profit Tax, West Bengal, AIR 1953 SC 516. According to company law it does not mean an unregistered firm, Firm...
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