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Conviction

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Sentence

Sentence, denotes 'A person who is convicted and sentenced to imprisonment is deemed to have been awarded

Borstal institution

Rochester, in 1901, by utilizing a portion of the existing convict prison for the purpose. Power to establish Borstal Institutions is

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witness

witness of (as a transaction or the execution of a convict) 3 a : to see or experience directly b :

attainder

attainder [Anglo-French atteinder, from ateindre to convict, sentence, literally, to reach, attain, ultimately from Latin attingere to

beyond a reasonable doubt

that must be met by the prosecution in order to convict the defendant. It means the evidence is fully satisfied, all

former jeopardy

a common-law plea in bar of autrefois acquit or autrefois convict 2 : double jeopardy

Articles of religion

and the Bennet case in 1871; but in order to convict a clergyman for impugning them, it is not necessary that

standard of proof

a criminal or civil proceeding [the standard of proof to convict is proof beyond a reasonable doubt] see also clear and

sufficiency

or state of being sufficient [the of the evidence to convict]

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