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probation
of dismissal if standards are not met 2 a : the suspension of all or part of a sentence and its replacement by freedom subject to specific conditions and the supervision of a probation officer [it is
Excommunication
of contempt of Court it has now been abolished, 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
Collusion
and appears to be of two kinds: (1) When the facts put forward as the foundation of the sentence of the Court do not exist; (2) When they exist, but have been corruptly preconcerted for the express
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Black cap
Black cap. The head-dress worn by the judge in pronouncing sentence of death is not an emblem of the sentence. It is part of the judicial full dress, and
Adequate and special reasons
Adequate and special reasons, in order to exercise the discretion of reducing the sentence the statutory requirement is that the court has to record 'adequate and special reasons' in the judgment and
Reprieve
A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence especially of a sentence of death
suspend
license] c : stay [ a hearing] d : to defer until a later time see also suspended sentence at sentence
pass
goods] 4 : to put in circulation [ bad checks] compare utter 5 : to pronounce (as a sentence or judgment) judicially [the court ed a severe sentence]
concurrent
be "McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 316 (1819)"] [a tortious act] see also concurrent cause at cause concurrent sentence at sentence 2 : insuring the same property to the same extent under identical terms [ fire policies]
judgment
by a court of the conviction of a criminal defendant and the punishment to be imposed ;specif : sentence 2 : the action of judging : the mental or intellectual process of forming an opinion or making
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