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Interested

person concerned must have some direct interest in seeing that the accused person is somehow or the other convicted either because he had some animus with the accused or for some other reason, Dalbir Kaur v. State

Good behaviour, security for

Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 86), ss. 26(2), 39(3); Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Justices.' Security for Convicted Drunkard.--The (English) Licensing Act, 1902 (Edw. 7, c. 28), enables a Court on conviction of a person for

Idem sonans

See Reg. v. Mellor, (1858) 27 LJQB 121, where on a trial for murder it was discovered after conviction that Joseph Henry Thorne and William Thorniley, having both been on the panel, William Thorniley had by mistake

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House of correction

Houses of Correction, fist established in the reign of Elizabeth, were originally designed for the penal confinement (after conviction) of paupers and vagrants refusing to work; but by 5 & 6 Wm. 4, c. 38, ss. 3,

Hard labour

by 5 Anne, c. 6. By the (English) Criminal Justice Administration Act, 1914, s. 16(1), 'where a person convicted by or before any Court of an offence is sentenced to imprisonment without the option of a fine,

Furlough, parole

Furlough, parole, when a prisoner is on parole his period of release does not count towards the total period of sentence while when he is on furlough he is eligible to have the period of release...

Fugitation

Fugitation. In Scotland, when a criminal does not obey the citation to answer, the Court pronounces sentence of fugitation against him, which induces a forfeiture of goods and chattels to the Crown. A sentence or declaration...

Forfeiture

threatening a judge. But the (English) Forfeiture Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 23), enacted that no conviction, etc., for treason or felony, or felo de se, shall cause any forfeiture except as consequent on outlawry.

Parole, furlough

Parole, furlough, when a prisoner is on parole his period of release does not count towards that the total period of sentence while he is on furlough he is eligible to have the period of release...

Parenthesis

Parenthesis, part of a sentence occurring in the middle thereof, and usually enclosed between marks like ( ), the omission of which part would not injure the grammatical construction of the rest of the sentence.

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Interested

person concerned must have some direct interest in seeing that the accused person is somehow or the other convicted either because he had some animus with the accused or for some other reason, Dalbir Kaur v. State

Good behaviour, security for

Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 86), ss. 26(2), 39(3); Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Justices.' Security for Convicted Drunkard.--The (English) Licensing Act, 1902 (Edw. 7, c. 28), enables a Court on conviction of a person for

Idem sonans

See Reg. v. Mellor, (1858) 27 LJQB 121, where on a trial for murder it was discovered after conviction that Joseph Henry Thorne and William Thorniley, having both been on the panel, William Thorniley had by mistake

Keep your definitions linked to case research

House of correction

Houses of Correction, fist established in the reign of Elizabeth, were originally designed for the penal confinement (after conviction) of paupers and vagrants refusing to work; but by 5 & 6 Wm. 4, c. 38, ss. 3,

Hard labour

by 5 Anne, c. 6. By the (English) Criminal Justice Administration Act, 1914, s. 16(1), 'where a person convicted by or before any Court of an offence is sentenced to imprisonment without the option of a fine,

Furlough, parole

Furlough, parole, when a prisoner is on parole his period of release does not count towards the total period of sentence while when he is on furlough he is eligible to have the period of release...

Fugitation

Fugitation. In Scotland, when a criminal does not obey the citation to answer, the Court pronounces sentence of fugitation against him, which induces a forfeiture of goods and chattels to the Crown. A sentence or declaration...

Forfeiture

threatening a judge. But the (English) Forfeiture Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 23), enacted that no conviction, etc., for treason or felony, or felo de se, shall cause any forfeiture except as consequent on outlawry.

Parole, furlough

Parole, furlough, when a prisoner is on parole his period of release does not count towards that the total period of sentence while he is on furlough he is eligible to have the period of release...

Parenthesis

Parenthesis, part of a sentence occurring in the middle thereof, and usually enclosed between marks like ( ), the omission of which part would not injure the grammatical construction of the rest of the sentence.

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