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Criminal cause or matter
some punishment, such as imprison-ment or fine, it is a 'criminal cause or matter', A (Ara) v. Chief Constable of Merseyside Police, (2004) 1 WLR 1697 (CA).
Criminal Law Amendment Acts, 1885 to 1928 (English)
evidence on their own behalf. The Act is amended by the Criminal Law Amendment Act,1912, which empowers a constable to arrest without a warrant any person offending against the Act of 1885, provides the flogging offenders, and
Dangerously out of control
or not it does so, except where the dog is being used for a lawful purpose by a constable or person in the service of the Crown, Dangerous Dogs Act, 1991, s. 10(3) (UK), Halsbury's Laws of
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Gun
and giving his name and address as well as his own on request of inland revenue officer or constable, or owner or occupier of land on which the gun is used; (4) occupier of land for scaring
Magna Carta
defending of river-banks, a subject which now forms part of local law. The 17th chapter enacts that:-'No sheriff constable, escheator, coroner, nor any other our bailiffs, shall hold pleas of our Crown.' Pleas of the Crown comprehend
Chivalry, Court of
as a Court of honour merely, before the Earl-Marshal, and as a criminal Court before the Lord High Constable, jointly with the Earl-Marshal. It had jurisdiction as to contracts and other matters touching deeds of arms or
Parish Officers
Parish Officers, churchwardens, formerly overseers, and constables.
Watch Committee
municipal borough, not exceeding one-third of the council in number, having the appointment and control of the borough constables, (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, ss. 5, 190, 191. Prior to this Act, it was a common custom
Watch and ward
Watch and ward. one of the principal duties of constables is to keep watch and ward. ward [custodia, Lat.] is chiefly applied to the daytime, in order to
Tipstaffs, or Tipstaves
Tipstaffs, or Tipstaves, constables attending courts. See 5 & 6 Vict. c. 22, s. 23; and 11 & 12 Vict. c. 7,
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